[Bug 981856] Re: glib-pacrunner does not support file:// pac files

[Chow Loong Jin]

** Description changed:

  When using a local pac file via file:///path/to/pac-file.pac, glib-
  pacrunner falls back upon wpad://, thus using either a wrongly-obtained
  pac file via wpad, or not being able to find a pac file to run in the
  first place.
  
  This causes issues with Liferea's Webkit-based HTML-view, and probably a
  couple of other applications I haven't noticed as well.
+ 
+ TEST CASE:
+ 1. Open Liferea
+ 2. Subscribe to the xkcd.com feed
+ 3. Click on one of the feed items
+ 4. Notice that an image is displayed.
+ 5. Save the following as a .pac file, e.g. in /tmp/bug-981856.pac
+ ---->8----
+ function FindProxyForURL(url, host) {
+     return 'DIRECT';
+ }
+ ----8<-----
+ 6. Quit Liferea
+ 7. Set proxy in GNOME to file:///tmp/bug-981856.pac
+ 9. Open Liferea
+ 10. Click on a previously unopened feed item (the image may be cached)
+ 11. Observe if the image loads
+     - With the bugfix in place, it should, but without, it doesn't.

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Title:
  glib-pacrunner does not support file:// pac files

Status in GLib Networking:
  Fix Released
Status in “glib-networking” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  When using a local pac file via file:///path/to/pac-file.pac, glib-
  pacrunner falls back upon wpad://, thus using either a wrongly-
  obtained pac file via wpad, or not being able to find a pac file to
  run in the first place.

  This causes issues with Liferea's Webkit-based HTML-view, and probably
  a couple of other applications I haven't noticed as well.

  TEST CASE:
  1. Open Liferea
  2. Subscribe to the xkcd.com feed
  3. Click on one of the feed items
  4. Notice that an image is displayed.
  5. Save the following as a .pac file, e.g. in /tmp/bug-981856.pac
  ---->8----
  function FindProxyForURL(url, host) {
      return 'DIRECT';
  }
  ----8<-----
  6. Quit Liferea
  7. Set proxy in GNOME to file:///tmp/bug-981856.pac
  9. Open Liferea
  10. Click on a previously unopened feed item (the image may be cached)
  11. Observe if the image loads
      - With the bugfix in place, it should, but without, it doesn't.

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