Bug 772500 - Downloading a 0 byte file is impossible in Firefox
Summary: Downloading a 0 byte file is impossible in Firefox
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: firefox
Version: 16
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
unspecified
unspecified
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Gecko Maintainer
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2012-01-08 22:23 UTC by Ian C
Modified: 2012-02-14 18:18 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

Fixed In Version:
Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2012-02-14 18:18:14 UTC
Type: ---

Attachments (Terms of Use)
Add an attachment (proposed patch, testcase, etc.)

Description Ian C 2012-01-08 22:23:02 UTC 
Description of problem:

Downloading a 0 byte file will not occur.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

9.0.1

How reproducible:

Downloading a file.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Go to https://raw.github.com/hermanus/gnome-shell-extensions/master/Gnome-shell-activities-hotspot-disabler/stylesheet.css
2. Right-click
3. Save page as...
  
Actual results:

File not downloaded.

Expected results:


All files should be downloadable, even empty, 0 byte files.
Comment 1 Martin Stransky 2012-02-14 18:18:14 UTC 
Honestly, I think we have more pressing issues here. Feel free to report it at bugzilla.mozilla.org but I'm think no one will be in rush to fix it. Anyway, why do you need to download empty files?
Note You need to log in before you can comment on or make changes to this bug.