18648 - Mozilla MS10 fires up eternal number of windows

Status: VERIFIED WORKSFORME

(Core :: XPConnect, defect, P3)

Description

[urban.anjar]

The page contains a java script that fires up a "remote control". Works fine
with Netscape >=3 on Linux, MacOS and Win*, but with Mozilla MS10 it goes into
an eternal loop, so I have to kill -9 it.

I made that page myself, and I´m not that good at java hacking, so there could
be a bug in the script too, (got it from a magazine) and rehacked it slightly.
But still, it works with Netscape and it should filter away other browsers to a
simpler page, though it did´nt work well with the M$ Exploiter.

Comment 1

[Mike McCabe]

A recent (post m11) build doesn't go into an infinite loop.

I do get this error

WARNING: bad context in AutoPushCallingLangType: 'mXPCContext', file
xpcprivate.h, line 1166

... and the buttons in the 'surftips' popup window don't show up.  This could be
a result of not finding the JS context.

Reassigning to the XPConnect component so John can use it to test his context
refactorying work.

Comment 2

[John Bandhauer]

The line that produces the AutoPushCallingLangType warning you see should not
have been in the source code. I removed it yesterday. It was firing in perfectly
legal cases. I doubt that it was associated with the reported problem.

I ran the URL in a build I did yesterday and it worksforme. I get buttons. I
push on them and the browser window goes to new places.

Comment 3

[Joseph Elwell]

marking verified. it appears that the website doesn't have any popups anymore
though.

[e-mail]: reopen if you still see this.