irc URL doesn't work
Bug #151992 reported by
Ian Jackson
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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firefox (Ubuntu) |
Won't Fix
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Undecided
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Mozilla Bugs |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: firefox
I'm testing gutsy dvd amd64 20071010.2.
Open firefox. Select Help / Get Help Online.
Click on `the #ubuntu IRC channel'. This results in a prompt titled "External Protocol Request", which talks about `Application: purple-url-handler "%s"'.
When I say "Launch application" nothing happens. This is because purple-url-handler is in the package libpurple-bin (according to command-not-found) which is not installed.
Changed in firefox: | |
assignee: | nobody → mozilla-bugs |
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I can reproduce this bug.
I think the problem could be solved by letting firefox and/or pidgin packages depend on libpurple-bin.
An even better solution would be integrating libpurple-bin in the ubufox plugin finder. The first time a user clicks on an IRC link the package
gets installed automatically, then the feature is available.
Cheers.