openbox installs /etc/alternatives/x-window-manager symlink with unreasonably high priority
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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openbox (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: openbox
The postinst script for openbox contains:
update-
i.e. it installs itself as the default window manager with priority 90 (very high). Other window managers typically use priorities of 60 or less; as a result, on installing openbox it becomes the default window manager without prompting the user. For example, on my system (running Ubuntu 10.04):
malcolm@miranda:~$ update-alternatives --display x-window-manager
x-window-manager - auto mode
link currently points to /usr/bin/openbox
/usr/bin/ion3 - priority 49
slave x-window-
/usr/bin/metacity - priority 60
slave x-window-
/usr/bin/mutter - priority 60
slave x-window-
/usr/bin/openbox - priority 90
slave x-window-
/usr/bin/pwm3 - priority 48
slave x-window-
Current `best' version is /usr/bin/openbox.
I suggest that openbox should use at most priority 60, placing it equal to metacity as installed by GNOME -- preferably a lower priority still, e.g. 50, as it is not the standard Ubuntu window manager.
description: | updated |
Changed in openbox (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → In Progress |
This bug was fixed in the package openbox - 3.5.2-4
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openbox (3.5.2-4) unstable; urgency=low
* Patch working: missing_ include. patch to fix build with oldest librsvg fix_autostart. patch. openbox. postinst:
+ add fix_rsvg_
version.
+ add update_pl_po.patch to update Polish language file.
+ refresh 644628_
* debian/control:
+ move python-xdg to Recommends. (LP: #1244847)
+ bump standards to 3.9.5.0 (no changes required)
+ remove openbox-themes from Recommends.
* debian/
+ install openbox with lower priority. (LP: #598378)
-- Mateusz Łukasik <email address hidden> Wed, 30 Oct 2013 19:22:27 +0100