83049 - Install fails to fire on opening jre.xpi (browser hangs)

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(SeaMonkey :: Installer, defect)

Description

[James Green]

Using Linux cvs builds for some time now, including today's tip:

1. Download Sun's jre.xpi to a local disk.
2. Open mozilla, and type into the urlbar: file:///path/to/jre.xpi

Expected result:
Should open the installer dialog and install the xpi

Actual result:
I got a download dialog asking whether it should download to disk or opened with
another application.

This blocks me from using Java. I'm on Debian Unstable.

Comment 1

[James Green]

I'm told this is a known bug, but I've filed anyway since doron and I can't find
any existing ones.

Comment 2

[Gilles Durys]

How about bug 79617 ?

Comment 3

[jdcantin]

I had a similar prob with moz 0.8. Bug 62725. Moz wouldn't resolve
'ftp.netscape.com', never started d/ling. 

Now, ftp resolves, but no d/l. If loaded from the local filesystem, installation
never begins. 

Comment 4

[jdcantin]

Sorry, needed root. It was forcing to /usr/lib/mozilla. Maybe there should be a
note about that, or optional install location. 

Comment 5

[James Green]

Just re-tried this with today's tip, and it's worse. Now I get an immediate
hang, the CPU doesn't peg or anything, but I can see using 'ps ax' that one of
the mozilla threads is consuming cpu time. I have to kill them off and start
again. Reproducable always.

I'm upping this to Blocker, since not only can I not install Java, but any
attempts to install it hangs the browser too now :(  Adding more keywords.

Just to confirm, I do indeed have write priveleges to the mozilla installation
directories.

Comment 6

[Justin Barrett]

I have found this problem in build 2001060XXX, however bug 79617 answer was in
bug 80171, but I'm not a heavy code person and found that bug 80964 has a good
solution.  Instead of using the link at http://www.mozilla.org/release/ use the
link at http://home.netscape.com/plugins/jvm.html.

I'm told that the code will be placed into 0.9.2 but until that's released you
may want to try this.

Thanks.

Comment 7

[James Green]

I'll try the link, but my tests have been based on jre.xpi having already been
downloaded to my home directory, no downloading by mozilla neccessary.

Comment 8

[Syd Logan]

Fixed. Reopen if I'm wrong, but we landed a fix that should address this.

Comment 9

[Grace Bush]

Syd, 

I don't see reference to what may have fixed this- but could it have anything to 
do with bug 89488? (- if I install Java using installer or as a plugin I am 
hanging.)

Comment 10

[Grace Bush]

verified on mozilla build 2001072004