[Reportbug-maint] Bug#536873: Bug#536873: reportbug ignores the "prefered browser" gnome setting

[Sandro Tosi]

Hello Alexandre,

On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 12:32, Alexandre Fournier<brutus at free.fr> wrote:
> Package: reportbug
> Version: 4.5
> Severity: minor
>
> Hello, when I start the reportbug tool, I get a ling to the homepage of
> reportbug project. When clicked, it starts epiphany whereas my prefered
> browser is set to "iceweasel".

How did you condifure iceweasel to be your preferred browser?

reportbug uses 'sensible-browser' to select the browser to use, that checks for

1. /usr/bin/gnome-www-browser
2. /usr/bin/x-www-browser
3. /usr/bin/www-browser

(in the given order) if in gnome or

1. /usr/bin/x-www-browser
2. /usr/bin/www-browser

(in the given order) if in a general GUI environment, else

1. /usr/bin/www-browser

*www-browser symlinks are handled by alternatives system:

$ ls -l /usr/bin/*www-browser
... /usr/bin/gnome-www-browser -> /etc/alternatives/gnome-www-browser
... /usr/bin/www-browser -> /etc/alternatives/www-browser
... /usr/bin/x-www-browser -> /etc/alternatives/x-www-browser
$ ls -l /etc/alternatives/*www-browser
... /etc/alternatives/gnome-www-browser -> /usr/bin/epiphany-gecko
... /etc/alternatives/www-browser -> /usr/bin/lynx.cur
... /etc/alternatives/x-www-browser -> /usr/bin/konqueror

So you have to configure it via alternatives. If you know of a better
system to select a browser, I'm open to suggestions, else I'll close
this report in 1/2 weeks.

Regards,
-- 
Sandro Tosi (aka morph, morpheus, matrixhasu)
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