@Daniel: that's correct, the fix is part of the transitional package. It's transitional in a slightly different acceptance of the term though, because it installs a snap, not another deb package. And snaps don't have any mechanism to run update-alternatives as part of their install process. So this is the best we can do with what we have.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to chromium-browser in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1870640 Title: Does not register as x-www-browser alternative Status in chromium-browser package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in chromium-browser source package in Eoan: In Progress Status in chromium-browser source package in Focal: Fix Committed Bug description: [Impact] Low. When installing chromium-browser in eoan/focal (which is a transitional package that installs the chromium snap), update- alternatives cannot be used to set it as x-www-browser or gnome-www- browser. This is a regression compared to the version of chromium- browser in bionic. [Test case] # update-alternatives --set x-www-browser /usr/bin/chromium-browser update-alternatives: error: alternative /usr/bin/chromium-browser for x-www-browser not registered; not setting [Regression potential] This is fixing a regression by adding back a code snippet that was in the package in bionic and previous releases. If the snippet has incorrect syntax, it could possibly prevent installation of the package. If the package installs fine, it's unlikely that anything could have regressed. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/1870640/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
