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thunderbird package

  1. Bug #52670
  2. Comment #22

Comment 22 for bug 52670

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Joseph Garvin (k04jg02) wrote : Possible solution

Question: Where do gnome apps look for the per-user browser setting? It may not be gconf. I wasn't suggesting gconf be used.

If I had to guess, I'd say they probably are running /usr/bin/sensible-browser. It's a simple bash script, and if you look at the source, the first thing it does is check the $BROWSER environment variable, and failing that looks at /etc/alternatives/x-www-browser.

This is easily made user configurable by just having kcontrol/guidance changing the $BROWSER environment variable -- it's the first thing checked. Setting an environment variable is easily coded and wouldn't pull in any extra packages for gconf.