212654 - Downloading a file results in a invalid file with an unexcpected size

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(Core :: Networking: HTTP, defect)

Description

[Imad Jureidini]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624

Bring up the following link in Mozilla:
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=9749

When I try to download the file linked as "Download entire PDF Document" using a
right click and "Save link target as", I end up with an invalid 24 Mb file
instead of a 12 Mb file.  In addition, the download progress dialog box shows
question marks (??) instead of the file size.

The actual url for the linked pdf file is:
http://boss.streamos.com/download/caib/documents/20030711/sts107workingscenario.pdf

Downloading the same file using Internet Explorer 6 SP1 works.

This may be a problem with the server improperly handling the HTTP request, but
IE seems to be able to cope.  It may also be a problem with Mozilla.



Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Go to http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=9749
2. Download the file linked as "Download entire PDF Document"
3. 

Actual Results:  
The resulting PDF file is not of the expected size, and cannot be read by Acrobat.

Expected Results:  
Downloaded the file properly.

Comment 1

[u63580]

WFM, 1.4 on Windows 2000

Comment 2

[Darin Fisher]

Imad: thanks for the bug report.  is this problem 100% reproducible for you?  if
so, can you please generate a HTTP log using the steps described here:

  http://www.mozilla.org/projects/netlib/http/http-debugging.html

thanks!

Comment 3

[Imad Jureidini]

Attachment: HTTP Log file of the problem

This is a log file generated by downloading the link in question.
As a side note, the problem isn't 100% reproducible.  It downloaded properly in
one of my attempts (1 out of 6).

Comment 4

[Jesiah S]

I see this on LInux 2003071705

I've seen the same thing happen in bug 208173 .  I commented in that bug that
the web server sends the contents of the file in responce to both the HEAD and
the GET request.  Mozilla then combines then to make one big file that even
includes the second HTTP OK responce from the server.

NOTE I just right clicked on the direct link to the pdf.

Comment 5

[Alex Vincent [:WeirdAl]]

:( Following the directions in this bug led me to a HTTP 404 page.  This bug
report may be invalid as a result (that is, the actual bug may be present, but
can no longer be reproduced using the steps given).

Can someone help us deliberately generate such a bad HTTP header for us to test
this on?

Comment 6

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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