Closed Bug 151613 Opened 23 years ago Closed 23 years ago

Compose crashes if signature is not a regular file (ie: a FIFO)

Categories

(MailNews Core :: Composition, defect)

x86
Linux
defect
Not set
critical

Tracking

(Not tracked)

VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 62993

People

(Reporter: tboicey, Assigned: bugzilla)

Details

From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.1a) Gecko/20020610 BuildID: 2002061108 If no signature is selected in the mail and news settings, clicking compose works, brings up a window, ready to be typed in. If a signature file is selected that is a regular text file, it also works fine. If the signature file is a FIFO, like those used when you have a random textfile generator like gensig, mozilla locks up immediately and takes 99.5% CPU until killed. To be sure I have the terminology right, this is what I get from ls -lag .signature... prw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jun 13 14:51 .signature| Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install a package like gensig for random taglines, available at http://www.geekthing.com/~robf/gensig/ 2. Set it up so that .signature is your new tagline in mozilla. 3. In mail and news settings, set that file up as your signature file. 4. Click compose. Blammo. (works under Netscape 4, I know a different product entirely, but the methodology of using a tagline generator this way is usually safe) Actual Results: All windows lock up, screen updates cease, Mozilla has to be killed -9. (Also takes 99% CPU time until killed) Expected Results: Opened a compose window like normal.
resolving as dup of bug 62993 since it seems this is a freeze and not a crash. Quoting reporter: "Actual Results: All windows lock up, screen updates cease, Mozilla has to be killed -9. (Also takes 99% CPU time until killed)" *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 62993 ***
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 23 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
verified
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
Product: MailNews → Core
Product: Core → MailNews Core
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