http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10288
Summary: wine_gecko download hangs when not started by iexplore Product: Wine Version: 0.9.48. Platform: PC OS/Version: Linux Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P2 Component: wine-programs AssignedTo: wine-bugs@winehq.org ReportedBy: alexeagar@gmail.com CC: alexeagar@gmail.com
The wine_gecko download hangs when it is started by some programs other than iexplore. I have experienced this in many different versions of iTunes when accessing the help documentation. It also occurs in Framemaker 8 as documented in bug 9658.
The current workaround is to run 'wine iexplore http://winehq.org' which succeeds in downloading and installing wine_gecko.
I wanted to avoid logging this bug by changing the summary of bug 9658 to make it more generic but I couldn't find a way to change tho summary. Although this bug was logged after bug 9658, I think that bug 9658 is the duplicate because the behavior is not specific to Framemaker8. I apologize if this bug should not have been logged.