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[Jim Mayer <1972762@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have exactly the same problem that Mario (mario-gleirscher) reported
on 2022-11-17. My Java IDE is Apache Netbeans, and if, for example, I
want to look at the documentation for the Pattern class, it tries, and
fails, to load the file "file:///usr/lib/jvm/java-11-openjdk-
amd64/docs/api/java.base/java/util/regex/Pattern.html".

I understand that this is a design feature of Snap. However, it is also
causing a serious regression in multiple pieces of widely used software.
It's just NOT OK to break so much stuff, and to inconvenience so many
people, over a packaging change.

Please fix this. There is no security issue in providing read-only
access to documentation files.

[Edit: I see that firefox has a "firefox:system-packages-doc"
connection, which allows access to /usr/share/doc. That's a step in the
right direction, unfortunately that's incompatible with the way that
Ubuntu manages Java releases.]

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Title:
  Firefox and Chromium snaps preventing apps and devices from working
  correctly.

Status in Chromium Browser:
  New
Status in Mozilla Firefox:
  New
Status in snapd:
  New

Bug description:
  Many apps put files in /tmp or ~/.cache to then open those files with
  other apps. Files won't open from those locations with the Firefox
  snap. Just within a few days of using, I've found quite a few apps
  that don't work as they should or seem broken as a result.

  * Any archive manager (xarchive uses /tmp, file-roller and engrampa use ~/.cache, peazip uses ~/.ptmp)
  * Catfish (uses /tmp also for opening files in archives)
  * fish (fish_config uses an html file in /tmp and uses a browser for configuration)

  Other things not working:

  * WebUSB (Used in Chromium for securely interacting with USB devices, installing and updating Android devices, etc)
  * USBMidi (Used in Chromium and Firefox for using Midi instruments)

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