Bug#498821: iceweasel is not added to www-browser alternatives after install

[Mike Hommey]

On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 08:39:03PM +0400, Stanislav Maslovski wrote:
> retitle 498821 "iceape: leaving a broken x-www-browser altermative after uninstall"
> reassign 498821 iceape
> thanks
> 
> On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 06:29:13PM +0400, Stanislav Maslovski wrote:
> > I have removed iceape that was my default browser for quite some time
> > and installed iceweasel. But I was surprised that after the install my
> > default browser changed to lynx. Then I checked the alternatives list on
> > www-browser (update-alternatives --config www-browser) and saw no
> > iceweasel there! I purged iceweasel and installed it again, but nothing
> > changed.
> 
> Okay, I see the problem now. I had to look for x-www-browser, obviously.
> Need more sleep =)
> 
> After removing iceape there remained a broken symlink
> /etc/alternatives/x-www-browser, after I removed it and made
> update-alternatives --config x-www-browser everything returned back to
> normal. I am retitling this bug and reassigning it to iceape.

Removing iceape-browser runs its prerm script, which launches
    update-alternatives --remove x-www-browser /usr/bin/iceape

I fail to see how that can fail.

Mike