Bug#594256: epiphany-browser: unable to download/save links from arxiv.org because of "unproper" user-agent

[Denis Laxalde]

Package: epiphany-browser
Version: 2.30.3-1
Severity: minor

Hi,

Epiphany fails to download or save links (pdf files e.g.) from
http://arxiv.org website. Apparently (as said by arXiv website), it does
not supply a proper user-agent. A 403 error is returned. This happens
only from the contextual menu (right click) "Download/Save as link",
direct actions work fine.
To reproduce, go for example at http://arxiv.org/list/math/new and try
to download a pdf from the context menu.

Cheers,

Denis

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
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  APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (200, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=fr_CA.utf8, LC_CTYPE=fr_CA.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages epiphany-browser depends on:
ii  dbus-x11                    1.2.24-3     simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  epiphany-browser-data       2.30.3-1     Data files for the GNOME web brows
ii  gnome-icon-theme            2.30.3-1     GNOME Desktop icon theme
ii  iso-codes                   3.19-1       ISO language, territory, currency,
ii  libavahi-client3            0.6.26-1     Avahi client library
ii  libavahi-common3            0.6.26-1     Avahi common library
ii  libavahi-gobject0           0.6.26-1     Avahi GObject library
ii  libc6                       2.11.2-2     Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libdbus-1-3                 1.2.24-3     simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2            0.88-2       simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libgconf2-4                 2.28.1-3     GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libgirepository1.0-0        0.6.14-1+b1  Library for handling GObject intro
ii  libglib2.0-0                2.24.1-1     The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome-keyring0           2.30.1-1     GNOME keyring services library
ii  libgtk2.0-0                 2.20.1-1     The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libice6                     2:1.0.6-1    X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  libnotify1 [libnotify1-gtk2 0.5.0-2      sends desktop notifications to a n
ii  libnspr4-0d                 4.8.4-2      NetScape Portable Runtime Library
ii  libnss3-1d                  3.12.6-3     Network Security Service libraries
ii  libpango1.0-0               1.28.1-1     Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libseed0                    2.30.0-1+b1  GObject JavaScript bindings for th
ii  libsm6                      2:1.1.1-1    X11 Session Management library
ii  libsoup-gnome2.4-1          2.30.2-1     an HTTP library implementation in 
ii  libsoup2.4-1                2.30.2-1     an HTTP library implementation in 
ii  libwebkit-1.0-2             1.2.3-2+b1   Web content engine library for Gtk
ii  libx11-6                    2:1.3.3-3    X11 client-side library
ii  libxml2                     2.7.7.dfsg-4 GNOME XML library
ii  libxslt1.1                  1.1.26-5     XSLT 1.0 processing library - runt

Versions of packages epiphany-browser recommends:
ii  ca-certificates          20090814+nmu2   Common CA certificates
ii  evince                   2.30.3-1        Document (postscript, pdf) viewer
ii  yelp                     2.30.1+webkit-1 Help browser for GNOME

Versions of packages epiphany-browser suggests:
ii  epiphany-extensions           2.30.1-2   Extensions for Epiphany web browse

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