Bug#630819: Iceweasel fails to open a file URI when the link has been obtained from a remote server.

[Mike Hommey]

On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 09:26:30AM -0800, peasthope at shaw.ca wrote:
> 
> Package: iceweasel
> Version: 3.5.16-7
> Severity: minor
> 
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> After /etc/iceweasel/pref/iceweasel.js is adjusted according to instructions 
> in http://kb.mozillazine.org/Security_Policies, a file URI still fails to open 
> when the link has been obtained from a remote Web server.  Of course, there is 
> no problem using a local link to open a local file.  Add-on 
> https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/281 confers the ability to open the file 
> URI.  Iceweasel appears to be ignoring the adjustments in /etc/...iceweasel.js.
> 
> At least one other bug involves /etc/iceweasel/pref/iceweasel.js; #425961. 

If you wrote "user_pref" in iceweasel.js, that's not likely to work.
user_pref is the keyword for pref.js in user profiles. You need to use
"pref" instead.

Mike