Cannot load documentation on Linux with Firefox

[rotty3000]

• I have searched open and closed issues and pull requests for duplicates, using these search terms:
  • doc
  • access
  • denied
• I have checked the latest main branch to see if this has already been fixed, in this file:
  • I believe this is a packaging bug rather than a software bug

URL to the section(s) of the book with this problem:
The issue is that the local version of the book (or any of the docs cannot load)

Description of the problem:
When running rustup doc (or any variant) on Ubuntu since Firefox since it became a snap, I get a browser error

Suggested fix:
Place the contents of the docs elsewhere than in a hidden directory.

[rotty3000]

I could move the contents myself, but then the installation will be broken. Perhaps there could be a rustup configuration of sorts that lets one change the location of the docs.

[rotty3000]

Poor man's solution is:

mkdir ~/rust-docs
cp -R ~/.rustup/toolchains/stable-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/share/doc/* ~/rust-docs
open ~/rust-docs/rust/html/index.html  # using xdg-open alias
# OR simply
firefox ~/rust-docs # to be able browse from the root dir of all docs.

But I'll have to redo this every time there's a rust update.

[carols10cents]

This sounds like a rustup issue. Could you refile this there please?

[rotty3000]

Apologies @carols10cents. Is that https://github.com/rust-lang/rustup ?

[carols10cents]

Yup!

[c-git]

Actually it's a much wider spread issue than rustup it has to do with firefox being a snap and snaps not having access to folders that start with a "." Not sure where the best place to file the issue is, but it's already been reported and I don't know if they have since found a way forward. But not only rust is affected anything that severs pages inside a folder that start with a "."

[carols10cents]

Please see rust-lang/rustup#2988 and the issues linked to it for possible solutions/workarounds. Please do not open new issues here; they will be closed.