xchat does not respect Lubuntu "Preferred Applications" browser setting

[Jeffry Johnston]

I installed links2, and when I clicked links in xchat, they'd open in links2. So, I went to Preferences > Preferred Applications, and firefox was already set as the web browser. I tried changing it to links2, then back to firefox, in case it just needed to be toggled manually, but that had no effect.

Workaround: sudo update-alternatives --config x-www-browser

I was asked to file a bug report "<micahg> anything using x-www-browser is broke and should be using xdg-open or some equivalent, <micahg> calamari: could you file bugs please, x-www-browser doesn't DTRT when a browser is set at the system level in the preferences"

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: xchat 2.8.8-3ubuntu8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-14.23-generic 3.0.9
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-14-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Dec 21 13:05:03 2011
InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111011)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: xchat
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.