30181 - resource: URL's do not work in about page

Status: VERIFIED WORKSFORME

(Core :: Networking, defect, P3)

Description

[Chris McAfee]

There is a resource URL for the user license in the
about: page now, URL looks correct but the link
does nothing.  Non-resource URL's work, this one does not.
marking beta1, as user cannot visit the license yet.

Comment 1

[Chris McAfee]

checked in beta workaround, relative link works.
removing beta1 keyword.

Comment 2

[Chris McAfee]

We've worked-around the broken license link with a 
relative URL, resummarizing for the general case.

Comment 3

[Warren Harris]

Marking beta2.

Comment 4

[Warren Harris]

I don't understand this bug. The logo is a resource url 
(resource:/chrome/global/content/default/logo.gif) and it loads ok. I need a 
test case or something.

Comment 5

[Chris McAfee]

the act of clicking on a resource: link doesn't work.
you don't have a test case because we worked around it!
A test case would be to change the license URL to
a resource URL, I'll attach a patch.

Comment 6

[Chris McAfee]

opening to non-netscape people.
attaching patch

Comment 7

[Chris McAfee]

Attachment: adding a test resource: URL you can click on

Comment 8

[Chris McAfee]

back to warren

Comment 9

[Andreas Otte]

The securitymanager catches this link ... nsScriptSecurityManager.cpp line 508.

Comment 10

[Warren Harris]

Off to Norris. What should the rules be about loading about: urls from other 
pages? From resource: pages, it should be ok, but I'm not sure what else.

Comment 11

[Jim Roskind]

Norris is out this week... and we need to cut the M15 checkpoint.  This problem 
does not seem to be a stability problem, so I'm pushing this to M16.

Comment 12

[Norris Boyd]

References to about: URIs are now allowed.

Comment 13

[Tom Everingham]

verified