Well, that is because Synaptic is usually run as root (instead of as your user account), so it uses root’s default browser. That is not a bug per se, just a consequence of running a program as a different user.
** Changed in: synaptic (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Wishlist -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1404021 Title: The program attempts to access the wrong browser To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/synaptic/+bug/1404021/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
