Closed Bug 274482 Opened 20 years ago Closed 20 years ago

downloading same file twice (a common accident). firefox numbers the duplicate-name files (at least by default). this numbering is dangerously flawed in the described case below.

Categories

(Toolkit :: Downloads API, defect)

Product:
Toolkit
Component:
Downloads API
Version:
1.7 Branch
Platform:
x86
Linux
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

()

Status:
VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 231048

People

(Reporter: 012345, Assigned: bugs)

Details

downloaded this file
    hostap-driver-0.2.5.tar.gz
from the URL
    http://hostap.epitest.fi/releases/hostap-driver-0.2.5.tar.gz

first download saved as hostap-driver-0.2.5.tar.gz 
second (accidental) download saved as hostap-driver-1.2.5.tar.gz 

this seems a dangerous convention to allow -- or more probably 
it's not intended and there's a bug in some regexp logic you are 
using to do the numbering. i realize there's no universally 'safe'
or 'unambiguous' way to do file numbering, but should choose
not to be ambiguous with tarball version numbers..

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 231048 ***
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 20 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
Product: Firefox → Toolkit
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