288297 - uuencoded file doesn't download, though the 'Opening ...' requester is shown

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(Toolkit :: Downloads API, defect)

Description

[Dalibor Topic]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20050105 Debian/1.7.5-1
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20050110 Firefox/1.0 (Debian package 1.0+dfsg.1-2)

Entering the URL http://www.waldmeister.org/wm-jul01-linux.tar.gz.uu into
firefox and pressing return leads the 'Openning wm-jul01-linux.tar.gz.uu'
requester. Selecting the 'Save to disk' option and clicking OK leads to no
result and no error message.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open Firefox
2. Enter http://www.waldmeister.org/wm-jul01-linux.tar.gz.uu into address field
3. Press return
4. Select 'Save to disk' in 'Opening ...' requester
5. Click OK


Actual Results:  
Nothing. No download, no error message.

Expected Results:  
I woul dhave expected firefox to download the file and save it to disk.

Comment 1

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

This is an automated message, with ID "auto-resolve01".

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Comment 2

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

This bug has been automatically resolved after a period of inactivity (see above
comment). If anyone thinks this is incorrect, they should feel free to reopen it.