Bug#399322: epiphany-browser: hangs when trying to display local filesystem directory

[Cliff Cunnington]

Package: epiphany-browser
Version: 2.14.3-3
Severity: normal

When trying to view a local filesystem directory; it grabs near 100% CPU
resources, displays nothing and the only way to halt the process is with a
SIGKILL.

Viewing local files with the full-path (including non-existent files) works,
but a directory listing causes a hang each time.  (Firefox works as expected,
if that is relevant.)

To reproduce from command line:

    # hangs
    epiphany file:///$HOME
    # OK -- page not found
    epiphany file:///$HOME/nofilehere 

or enter a filesystem directory URI in the Address Entry field.

Attached is the tail end of a strace.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (800, 'testing'), (600, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.17-2-vserver-k7
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages epiphany-browser depends on:
ii  dbus                       0.94-2        simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  gconf2                     2.16.0-2      GNOME configuration database syste
ii  gnome-icon-theme           2.14.2-2      GNOME Desktop icon theme
ii  iso-codes                  0.57-1        ISO language, territory, currency 
ii  libart-2.0-2               2.3.17-1      Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii  libatk1.0-0                1.12.3-1      The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libaudiofile0              0.2.6-6       Open-source version of SGI's audio
ii  libavahi-client3           0.6.14-2      Avahi client library
ii  libavahi-common3           0.6.14-2      Avahi common library
ii  libavahi-glib1             0.6.14-2      Avahi glib integration library
ii  libbonobo2-0               2.14.0-2      Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii  libbonoboui2-0             2.14.0-5      The Bonobo UI library
ii  libc6                      2.3.6.ds1-7   GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcairo2                  1.2.4-4       The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libdbus-1-3                0.94-1        simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2           0.71-2        simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libesd0                    0.2.36-3      Enlightened Sound Daemon - Shared 
ii  libfontconfig1             2.4.1-2       generic font configuration library
ii  libfreetype6               2.2.1-5       FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii  libgcc1                    1:4.1.1-13    GCC support library
ii  libgconf2-4                2.16.0-2      GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libgcrypt11                1.2.3-2       LGPL Crypto library - runtime libr
ii  libglade2-0                1:2.6.0-2     library to load .glade files at ru
ii  libglib2.0-0               2.12.4-1      The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome-desktop-2         2.14.3-1      Utility library for loading .deskt
ii  libgnome-keyring0          0.6.0-2       GNOME keyring services library
ii  libgnome2-0                2.16.0-2      The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii  libgnomecanvas2-0          2.14.0-2      A powerful object-oriented display
ii  libgnomeprint2.2-0         2.12.1-6      The GNOME 2.2 print architecture -
ii  libgnomeprintui2.2-0       2.12.1-4      GNOME 2.2 print architecture User 
ii  libgnomeui-0               2.14.1-2      The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii  libgnomevfs2-0             2.14.2-2+b1   GNOME virtual file-system (runtime
ii  libgnutls13                1.4.4-2       the GNU TLS library - runtime libr
ii  libgpg-error0              1.4-1         library for common error values an
ii  libgtk2.0-0                2.8.20-3      The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libice6                    1:1.0.1-2     X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  libjpeg62                  6b-13         The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG 
ii  libmozjs0d                 1.8.0.7-1     The Mozilla SpiderMonkey JavaScrip
ii  libnspr4-0d                1.8.0.7-1     NetScape Portable Runtime Library
ii  liborbit2                  1:2.14.3-0.1  libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii  libpango1.0-0              1.14.7-1      Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libpng12-0                 1.2.8rel-7    PNG library - runtime
ii  libpopt0                   1.10-3        lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii  libsm6                     1:1.0.1-3     X11 Session Management library
ii  libstartup-notification0   0.8-2         library for program launch feedbac
ii  libstdc++6                 4.1.1-13      The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  libtasn1-3                 0.3.6-2       Manage ASN.1 structures (runtime)
ii  libx11-6                   2:1.0.3-2     X11 client-side library
ii  libxcursor1                1.1.7-4       X cursor management library
ii  libxext6                   1:1.0.1-2     X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii  libxfixes3                 1:4.0.1-4     X11 miscellaneous 'fixes' extensio
ii  libxi6                     1:1.0.1-3     X11 Input extension library
ii  libxinerama1               1:1.0.1-4.1   X11 Xinerama extension library
ii  libxml2                    2.6.27.dfsg-1 GNOME XML library
ii  libxrandr2                 2:1.1.0.2-4   X11 RandR extension library
ii  libxrender1                1:0.9.1-3     X Rendering Extension client libra
ii  libxslt1.1                 1.1.18-1      XSLT processing library - runtime 
ii  libxul0d                   1.8.0.7-2     Gecko engine library
ii  python2.4                  2.4.3-8       An interactive high-level object-o
ii  zlib1g                     1:1.2.3-13    compression library - runtime

Versions of packages epiphany-browser recommends:
pn  epiphany-extensions           <none>     (no description available)
ii  yelp                          2.14.3-1   Help browser for GNOME 2

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