51417 - when an empty clipboard is read from an uncaught exception occurs.

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(Core :: XUL, defect, P3)

Description

[adrian]

Overview Description:
In linux the clipboard is not checked for an empty(null?) pointer, when one is
used to paste an error occurs.

Steps to Reproduce:
1) reboot linux.
2) Don't highlight anything with the mouse.
3) start mozilla, and wait for a window to show up.
4) press the middle button.

Actual Results:
The following appers on the term:
->>>>>>>>>>>>>> Read Clipboard from memory
JavaScript error:
 line 0: uncaught exception: [Exception... "Component returned failure code:
0x80004005 (NS_ERROR_FAILURE) [nsITransferable.getTransferData]"  nsresult:
"0x80004005 (NS_ERROR_FAILURE)"  location: "JS frame ::
chrome://navigator/content/navigator.js :: readFromClipboard :: line 1202"
data: no]


Expected Results:
Nothing should happen.

Reproducibility:
100%

Build Date & Platform Bug Found:
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux 2.2.12-20 i586; en-US; m18) Gecko/20000905

Additional Builds and Platforms Tested On:
none

Comment 1

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

is this an editor/selection issue?

Comment 2

[rubydoo123]

no, this belongs to trudelle

Comment 3

[Akkana Peck]

Really Pavlov -- cc'ing.

Comment 4

[Peter Trudelle]

->pavlov.  How bad is this in the release builds, equivalent to a crash?

Comment 5

[Peter Trudelle]

nsbeta3+, since this should be easier to fix than to determine whether it kills
paste for the session.  should future otherwise.

Comment 6

[Stuart Parmenter]

checked in fix

Comment 7

[John Morrison]

verified fixed.