7385 - Hangup if cvs-mirror.mozialla.org not reachable

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(Core Graveyard :: RDF, defect, P3)

Description

[hli]

I am using Mozilla M6 for Win32.
If the host name "http://cvs-mirror.mozilla.org" could not be resolved (name
server not reachable or no internet connection), mozilla hangs after
initialization.

Steps to reproduce:
1. stay sure, that cvs-mirror.mozilla.org is not reachable (cut internet
connection)
2. start mozilla
3. mozilla tries to geht the file:
"http://cvs-mirror.mozilla.org/webtools/tinderbox/SeaMonkey/flash.rdf"
4. after trying to connect to cvs-mirror, the browser hangs. It doesnt react to
any events.

Expected behavior:
the sidebar (for which this query is used) should be empty, or there should be a
default file

Environment: Mozilla M6, Windows NT 4.0 german, SP 4
I'm not shure if this happens with other OSes

Workaround:
change res/rdf/flash-registry.rdf
either out-comment the entry for cvs-mirror... or use an IP-adress (works, if
there is only a problem with the DNS)

Comment 1

[Chris Waterson]

Fixed. Make nsRDFService::GetDataSource() open RDF/XML datasources
asynchronously. If you want to open one synchronously, do it yourself.

Comment 2

[phillip]

verified on

     1999-06-16-08 RedHat Linux 5.2 kernel 2.2.7
     1999-06-16-08 WinNT 4.0 sp4
     1999-06-16-08 MacOS 8.51