Bug#583294: gnome-control-center: gnome-default-applications-properties should update-alternatives?
Josselin Mouette
joss at debian.org
Thu May 27 09:45:34 UTC 2010
Le mercredi 26 mai 2010 à 13:31 -0700, Mark Hedges a écrit :
> Maybe this is a wishlist item... is it supposed to update-alternatives?
>
> I change my preferred browser to Iceweasel, but:
>
> hedges at maggie:~$ locate www-browser | grep etc | grep -v gz | xargs ls -lah
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 25 Dec 9 16:37 /etc/alternatives/gnome-www-browser -> /usr/bin/epiphany-browser
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Nov 18 2009 /etc/alternatives/www-browser -> /usr/bin/w3m
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 25 Feb 25 23:46 /etc/alternatives/x-www-browser -> /usr/bin/epiphany-browser
The behavior is just as expected. The alternatives set up the system
default, while control-center sets the user’s default.
> So a lot of programs still run epiphany when I click links. Epiphany is
> cool but I'm not ready to switch, and it's often blocked because it is not
> "a supported browser."
Epiphany advertises itself just like Safari, so those blocking it are also blocking macs.
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