[Bug 1968548] Re: firefox unable to open files from file-roller

[Valentijn Sessink]

** Attachment added: "Example gz-file to demonstrate."
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1968548/+attachment/5579278/+files/file.html.gz

** Description changed:

- Due to Firefox being contained and not being able to read in ~/.cache/,
- html-files from an archive  cannot be read with Firefox.
+ Due to Firefox Snap being contained and not being able to read in
+ ~/.cache/, html-files from an archive  cannot be read with Firefox.
+ Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy Jellyfish
  
- Steps to reproduce: 
+ Steps to reproduce:
  - open, with file-roller, an archive containing a HTML-file;
  - double click (i.e. open) the archived HTML-file (with file-roller)
  Now file-roller extracts this to ~/.cache/.$randomname/file.html and tells (through xdg-open? Dunno...) firefox to open it.
  
  Expected result: Firefox shows file
  Actual result: "Firefox says: Access to the file was denied
  
  The file at [$HOME]/.cache/.fr-KMCDMo/file.html is not readable.
  
-     It may have been removed, moved, or file permissions may be
+     It may have been removed, moved, or file permissions may be
  preventing access."
  
  This is basically a different manifestation of bug #1959417 but I'm
  filing it separately because it is a separate problem.

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