default url-viewer not suitable for Linux
Bug #1747324 reported by
Zhang Weiwu
This bug affects 1 person
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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| alpine (Ubuntu) |
New
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Undecided
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Bug Description
Default url-viewer value is 'open _URL_'
In Linux, open(1) is the command for "start a program on a new virtual terminal", not for opening a web browser.
The reason that this configuration still worked, is because it didn't at all. url-viewer requires the full path, therefore, 'open _URL_', missing the leading '/bin/', triggers an internal exception which makes alpine fall back to the default browser - probably /usr/bin/
I suggest to change default url-viewer value to '/usr/bin/xdg-open _URL_' for the Ubuntu package thanks to Ubuntu shipping xdg-utils.
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