107322 - if you delete cache files outside of Mozilla, browser doesn't re-retrieve cached files

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Core :: Networking: Cache, defect, P4)

Description

[Adam Hauner]

Repro:
1. go to some page with images, for example title page of Bugzilla
2. load all content of page
3. exit browser
4. locate your Cache directory
5. delete all files except _CACHE_*
6. start Mozilla and go to visited page

Actual result:
Images, which were in cache and were deleted (for example headline of bugzilla,
bug photo), doesn't appear on page.

Expected result:
Browser will retrive again images, which were in cache and they aren't available
or they are broken.

I'm not sure, if this bug is result of bug 41924 or if is property of cache system.

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; WinNT4.0; en-US; rv:0.9.5+) Gecko/20011027-trunk

Comment 1

[Ashley Bischoff (blog at handcoding.com)]

-> INVALID?

Reporter: What happens when you choose Edit -> Preferences -> Advanced -> Cache
-> Clear [Memory/Disk] Cache ?

Comment 2

[Adam Hauner]

Why invalid? If cached file is broken or is missing (as result of HDD crash or
error, as result of program deleting duplicated files etc.), why doesn't load it
again from source?

To question: I will try it, but I have feeling, that after deleting cache files,
I had try this and problem resist. I have to reload every page with previously
cached images.

Comment 3

[Greg Lindahl]

I can confirm this bug in 0.9.6 under Linux. I think that it's a bug if you
can't  delete cache files safely while Mozilla is running. For example, my
backup script for my laptop starts by deleting the cached files...

Comment 4

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

This should be invalid !

Mozilla deletes the cache if mozilla or the system crashes.
It's your fault if you delete the cache files..


gordon: what Do you think about this ?

Comment 5

[Adam Hauner]

I wont delete my cache files. But when it will happen (for example by some
cleaning program or file system damage), I wanna inteligent browser, that can
recognize missing file on disk and retrive it again from Internet. 

Maybe this bug should be RFE.

Comment 6

[Anders Åge Larsen]

Since this bug was reported, a newer version of Mozilla (1.0 RC1) has been
released. Reporter, please can you check to see whether this bug is still 
present in a recent build (Moz1-RC1 or a new nightly build). If
this bug does not occur please can you resolve the bugreport?

Comment 7

[Adam Hauner]

Still problem with 2002042808/Win2K.

Comment 8

[Lythande]

Hasn't been a problem here in W95OS2.  Current build: 2002042808

I haven't seen it in any of the builds I've tried so far.

Comment 9

[Michael Lefevre]

still happens (tested with steps in original description) with 1.0RC3 on win2k.

confirming to get it off the UNCO radar. maybe it should be INVALID, I dunno -
there are certainly lots of people that go nuts deleting caches and cookies and
stuff to keep things "tidy".

taking it down to minor (workaround is to not delete cache files and/or to clear
cache if they get deleted), OS -> All.

Comment 10

[Kai Lahmann (is there, where MNG is)]

*** Bug 148788 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 11

[gordon]

*** Bug 171635 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 12

[Jesse Ruderman]

*** Bug 312725 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***