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update-manager package

  1. Bug #85644
  2. Comment #2

Comment 2 for bug 85644

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NoOp (glgxg) wrote :

Here is a workaround for SeaMonkey:

For those who use Ubuntu (Gnome) I use the following in:
System|Preferences|Preferred Applications|Web Browser|Custom|Command

<fullpathtoSeaMonkey>/seamonkey -remote openURL("%s",new-tab)

Now when you click the link in the 'Changes' description of
Update-Manager, the link open a new tab in SeaMonkey (even if SM is
already open) and open the https://launchpad.net/bugs/<issuenumber>

<fullpathtoSeaMonkey>/seamonkey -remote openURL("%s",new-window)
also works.

Ref: http://www.mozilla.org/unix/remote.html

And a workaround for opening via a new tab in Firefox:

System|Preferences|Preferred Applications|Web Browser|
Command: firefox -new-tab "%s"
or for a new window -
firefox -new-window "%s"

Ref: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Command_line_arguments

I'd still very much like to see the full url of the link in the update-manager 'Changes' section so that one can view where clicking on the link will take them. Failure to do so can create a security issue in the future as it encourages clicking on a blind link.