Bug 677245

Summary: Firefox hangs when loading huge file
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Reporter: David Jaša <djasa>
Component: xulrunnerAssignee: Martin Stransky <stransky>
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX QA Contact: Desktop QE <desktop-qa-list>
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Version: 6.2CC: ddumas, tpelka
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Description David Jaša 2011-02-14 08:39:19 UTC 
Description of problem:
When attempting to do some actions when loading huge file (like list of packages on fedora mirror: http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/fullfilelist ) is open, firefox hangs indefinitely. The actions are searching in file or going back in history before the file is fully loaded. Backtrace of search in partially loaded file is attached. 

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
rpm -q firefox xulrunner
firefox-3.6.13-2.el6_0.x86_64
xulrunner-1.9.2.13-3.el6_0.x86_64

How reproducible:
before file gets stored in local cache

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Comment 1 David Jaša 2011-02-14 08:41:18 UTC 
Created attachment 478576 [details]
BT of searching in partially loaded file
Comment 5 RHEL Program Management 2011-04-04 02:35:52 UTC 
Since RHEL 6.1 External Beta has begun, and this bug remains
unresolved, it has been rejected as it is not proposed as
exception or blocker.

Red Hat invites you to ask your support representative to
propose this request, if appropriate and relevant, in the
next release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Comment 6 RHEL Program Management 2011-10-07 16:20:03 UTC 
Since RHEL 6.2 External Beta has begun, and this bug remains
unresolved, it has been rejected as it is not proposed as
exception or blocker.

Red Hat invites you to ask your support representative to
propose this request, if appropriate and relevant, in the
next release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Comment 7 Jan Kurik 2017-12-06 10:25:02 UTC 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 is in the Production 3 Phase. During the Production 3 Phase, Critical impact Security Advisories (RHSAs) and selected Urgent Priority Bug Fix Advisories (RHBAs) may be released as they become available.

The official life cycle policy can be reviewed here:

http://redhat.com/rhel/lifecycle

This issue does not meet the inclusion criteria for the Production 3 Phase and will be marked as CLOSED/WONTFIX. If this remains a critical requirement, please contact Red Hat Customer Support to request a re-evaluation of the issue, citing a clear business justification. Note that a strong business justification will be required for re-evaluation. Red Hat Customer Support can be contacted via the Red Hat Customer Portal at the following URL:

https://access.redhat.com/