Comment 0 for bug 629498

Binary package hint: chromium-browser

A new install of Chromium /effectively/ makes itself the default browser without permission from the user.

Steps to reproduce:
1. Install chromium-browser using e.g. Synaptic Package Manager.
2. Start chromium, and answer "no" to the question "do you want to make chromium the default?"
3. At the command prompt, type:

$ ls -l *-www-browser

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 2010-09-03 14:02 gnome-www-browser -> /usr/bin/chromium-browser
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 25 2010-09-02 16:42 x-www-browser -> /usr/bin/chromium-browser

The expected behaviour is that the symbolic links above remain pointing at your default browser (in my case, firefox). With those symbolic links changed, any calls to e.g. urlview from a mail tool such as mutt, will open up a chromium browser, when the user expects to see their default browser.

I'm guessing that this is a regression caused by the fix to Bug #571103 ?

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: chromium-browser 5.0.375.127~r55887-0ubuntu0.10.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-24.42-generic 2.6.32.15+drm33.5
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-24-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Sep 3 14:03:58 2010
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Beta amd64 (20100318)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_GB.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: chromium-browser