[Bug 357436] [NEW] firefox stalls on dns servfail

[Brian J. Murrell]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: firefox-3.0

When I try to load a url for a hostname who's DNS server is returning
SERVFAIL responses, the entire of firefox (i.e. not just a single tab)
hangs/stalls.

Try this URL: http://loadplus.de/.  It should fail to load, but not
before hanging up your firefox.  If it doesn't hang your entire firefox,
try reconfiguring to use an HTTP proxy, like squid.

There should be no circumstances where the entire of firefox is
deadlocked/hung/stalled on trying to load just a single URL, no matter
what the success/fail of the name resolution or the page loading is.
This is what being multi-threaded is all about afterall.

For the record, I am using 3.0.8 on Jaunty, but I believe this bug is
quite firefox version agnostic.

** Affects: firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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firefox stalls on dns servfail
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