Bug#719443: iceweasel: name falsely unresolved after network reconnected

Tzafrir Cohen tzafrir at debian.org
Sun Aug 11 20:43:58 UTC 2013


Package: iceweasel
Version: 17.0.7esr-1~deb7u1
Severity: normal

Dear Maintainer,

It seems that when I try to browse a site when the network is
disconnected, Iceweasel not only fails to resolve the name (which it
should) but also seems to remember the wrong name resolution. When such
a hostname is thus "blacklisted" it seems that the only way to re-access
it is to restart iceweasel.

The example host name I use here is fr.pool.ntp.org .

The following sequence is reproducable here:

1. kill iceweasel and start it.
2. disconnect the network. (The order of (1) and (2) does not matter).
3. In the browser, browse the URL "http://fr.pool.ntp.org/".
   It should give a message regarding a failed host resolution.
4. Reconnect the network.
5. Access the URL again.

Expected result of stage 5: site presented.
Actual result: site inaccessible.

It seems that if I access the site before, the correct resolution is
remembered. Thus the following works as planned:

1. kill iceweasel and start it.
2. In the browser, browse the URL "http://fr.pool.ntp.org/".
   It should be accessible.
2. disconnect the network.
3. In the browser, browse the URL.
   It should give a message regarding a failed host resolution.
4. Reconnect the network.
5. Access the URL again. The site should be accessible.

In both cases I ran the command 'iceweasel -safe-mode' and restored the
existing tabs at startup.

-- Package-specific info:

-- Extensions information
Name: Adblock Plus
Location: /usr/share/mozilla/extensions/{ec8030f7-c20a-464f-9b0e-13a3a9e97384}/{d10d0bf8-f5b5-c8b4-a8b2-2b9879e08c5d}
Package: xul-ext-adblock-plus
Status: user-disabled

Name: Firebug
Location: /usr/share/mozilla/extensions/{ec8030f7-c20a-464f-9b0e-13a3a9e97384}/firebug at software.joehewitt.com
Package: xul-ext-firebug
Status: user-disabled

Name: Flashblock
Location: ${PROFILE_EXTENSIONS}/{3d7eb24f-2740-49df-8937-200b1cc08f8a}
Status: user-disabled

Name: Hebrew (IL) Language Pack locale
Location: /usr/lib/iceweasel/extensions/langpack-he at iceweasel.mozilla.org.xpi
Package: iceweasel-l10n-he
Status: enabled

Name: NoScript
Location: /usr/share/mozilla/extensions/{ec8030f7-c20a-464f-9b0e-13a3a9e97384}/{73a6fe31-595d-460b-a920-fcc0f8843232}
Package: xul-ext-noscript
Status: user-disabled

Name: Sage
Location: /usr/share/mozilla/extensions/{ec8030f7-c20a-464f-9b0e-13a3a9e97384}/{a6ca9b3b-5e52-4f47-85d8-cca35bb57596}
Package: xul-ext-sage
Status: user-disabled

Name: Ubiquity
Location: /usr/share/mozilla/extensions/{ec8030f7-c20a-464f-9b0e-13a3a9e97384}/ubiquity at labs.mozilla.com
Package: xul-ext-ubiquity
Status: user-disabled

Name: User Agent Switcher
Location: /usr/share/mozilla/extensions/{ec8030f7-c20a-464f-9b0e-13a3a9e97384}/{e968fc70-8f95-4ab9-9e79-304de2a71ee1}
Package: xul-ext-useragentswitcher
Status: user-disabled

Name: Web Developer
Location: /usr/share/mozilla/extensions/{ec8030f7-c20a-464f-9b0e-13a3a9e97384}/{c45c406e-ab73-11d8-be73-000a95be3b12}
Package: xul-ext-webdeveloper
Status: user-disabled

Name: ברירת מחדל theme
Location: /usr/lib/iceweasel/extensions/{972ce4c6-7e08-4474-a285-3208198ce6fd}
Package: iceweasel
Status: enabled

-- Plugins information
Name: Gnome Shell Integration
Location: /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libgnome-shell-browser-plugin.so
Package: gnome-shell
Status: enabled

Name: iTunes Application Detector
Location: /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/librhythmbox-itms-detection-plugin.so
Package: rhythmbox-plugins
Status: enabled

Name: Shockwave Flash
Location: /usr/lib/lightspark/liblightsparkplugin.so
Package: browser-plugin-lightspark
Status: enabled

Name: Skype Buttons for Kopete
Location: /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/skypebuttons.so
Package: kopete
Status: enabled


-- Addons package information
ii  browser-plugin 0.6.0.1-2    amd64        High-performance SWF player - Moz
ii  gnome-shell    3.4.2-7      amd64        graphical shell for the GNOME des
ii  iceweasel      17.0.7esr-1~ amd64        Web browser based on Firefox
ii  iceweasel-l10n 1:17.0.7esr- all          Hebrew language package for Icewe
ii  kopete         4:4.8.4-1+b1 amd64        instant messaging and chat applic
ii  rhythmbox-plug 2.97-2.1     amd64        plugins for rhythmbox music playe
ii  xul-ext-adbloc 2.1-1+deb7u1 all          Advertisement blocking extension 
ii  xul-ext-firebu 1.9.2~b2-1   all          web development plugin for Icewea
ii  xul-ext-noscri 2.1.4-1      all          Javascript/plugins permissions ma
ii  xul-ext-sage   1.4.12-3     all          Lightweight RSS and Atom feed rea
ii  xul-ext-ubiqui 0.6.1~pre201 all          browser interface based on natura
ii  xul-ext-userag 0.7.3-1      all          Iceweasel/Firefox addon that allo
ii  xul-ext-webdev 1.1.9-5      all          web developer extension for the I

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 7.1
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=he_IL.utf8, LC_CTYPE=he_IL.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages iceweasel depends on:
ii  debianutils         4.3.2
ii  fontconfig          2.9.0-7.1
ii  libc6               2.13-38
ii  libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0  2.26.1-1
ii  libglib2.0-0        2.33.12+really2.32.4-5
ii  libgtk2.0-0         2.24.10-2
ii  libnspr4            2:4.9.2-1
ii  libnspr4-0d         2:4.9.2-1
ii  libsqlite3-0        3.7.13-1+deb7u1
ii  libstdc++6          4.7.2-5
ii  procps              1:3.3.3-3
ii  xulrunner-17.0      17.0.7esr-1~deb7u1

iceweasel recommends no packages.

Versions of packages iceweasel suggests:
ii  fonts-stix [otf-stix]  1.1.0-1
ii  libgssapi-krb5-2       1.10.1+dfsg-5+deb7u1
pn  mozplugger             <none>

Versions of packages xulrunner-17.0 depends on:
ii  libasound2                1.0.25-4
ii  libatk1.0-0               2.4.0-2
ii  libbz2-1.0                1.0.6-4
ii  libc6                     2.13-38
ii  libcairo2                 1.12.2-3
ii  libdbus-1-3               1.6.8-1+deb7u1
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2          0.100.2-1
ii  libevent-2.0-5            2.0.19-stable-3
ii  libfontconfig1            2.9.0-7.1
ii  libfreetype6              2.4.9-1.1
ii  libgcc1                   1:4.7.2-5
ii  libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0        2.26.1-1
ii  libglib2.0-0              2.33.12+really2.32.4-5
ii  libgtk2.0-0               2.24.10-2
ii  libhunspell-1.3-0         1.3.2-4
ii  libjpeg8                  8d-1
ii  libmozjs17d               17.0.7esr-1~deb7u1
ii  libnspr4                  2:4.9.2-1
ii  libnss3                   2:3.14.3-1
ii  libnss3-1d                2:3.14.3-1
ii  libpango1.0-0             1.30.0-1
ii  libpixman-1-0             0.26.0-4
ii  libsqlite3-0              3.7.13-1+deb7u1
ii  libstartup-notification0  0.12-1
ii  libstdc++6                4.7.2-5
ii  libvpx1                   1.1.0-1
ii  libx11-6                  2:1.5.0-1+deb7u1
ii  libxext6                  2:1.3.1-2+deb7u1
ii  libxrender1               1:0.9.7-1+deb7u1
ii  libxt6                    1:1.1.3-1+deb7u1
ii  zlib1g                    1:1.2.7.dfsg-13

Versions of packages xulrunner-17.0 suggests:
ii  libcanberra0  0.28-6
ii  libgnomeui-0  2.24.5-2

-- no debconf information



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