78981 - File upload problem in M0.8.1, not in M0.8.0

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 74239

(Core :: DOM: Core & HTML, defect)

Description

[Pieter]

I've tried to find similar bugs, but either was overwhelmed by irrelevance, and
the keyword search for bugs specific to versions 0.8 and 0.8.1 contained nothing
like this.

I could upload files in Mozilla 0.8 just fine, but with Mozilla 0.8.1, it seems
to go on and on forever ('looking up host: localhost', and eventually times out,
whether I use my Squid proxy or not. I tested this both on a webmail page (which
should work, as I've used it before, and many other people do), and on my own
program (it works with Netscape 4.7x), both cases with a file of only 29k in size.

More specifically: When I have a file submit form ('Browse', 'Submit' buttons)
and click the Submit button right away, it goes alright, but it doesn't upload
anything, and when try to view the upload zero-byte file, it takes very long to
display nothing (though that might be a server issue, as Netscape 4.7 seems to
have the same problem with 0-byte files). If, however, I do click the
Browse-button, or enter a valid path and filename myself (tested both cases) and
then click the Submit button, Mozilla 0.8.1 will time out with "Resolving:
localhost" (I'm using my own CGI program via a proxy - but I tested on another
upload program and without the proxy, so it's just a general hostname here) in
the statusbar on the bottom of the window (though those status messages are
notoriously incorrect).

Also, SSL through a (Squid) proxy still doesn't work (as tested with Hotmail,
which btw is not the webmail provider I tried to upload a file with).

Thanks for developing the Mozilla browser, which really enhances my internet
experience, aside for a few relatively minor issues. I hope I've been of use to
you in reporting this problem.

Comment 1

[Keyser Sose]

Thank you very much for the complete bug report.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 74239 ***

Comment 2

[Vladimir Ermakov]

verifying dupe