[Bug 926058] [NEW] Chrome constantly makes itself the default browser: overrides default mime settings

[arky]

Public bug reported:

Chromium adds these MIME entries that over the default browser (firefox
nightly) settings on my computer. This quite annoying because I have set
Chromium not add itself as default browser nor check for it.


Even after I delete the entries, Chromium adds them on next reboot.  This *really* bad ! 
 
 /usr/local/share/applications/mimeinfo.cache 

[MIME Cache]
application/earthviewer=google-earth.desktop;
application/keyhole=google-earth.desktop;
application/vnd.google-earth.kml+xml=google-earth.desktop;
application/vnd.google-earth.kmz=google-earth.desktop;
application/xhtml_xml=google-chrome.desktop;
text/html=google-chrome.desktop;
text/xml=google-chrome.desktop;
x-scheme-handler/ftp=google-chrome.desktop;
x-scheme-handler/http=google-chrome.desktop;
x-scheme-handler/https=google-chrome.desktop;

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: chromium-browser (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-15.26-generic 3.0.13
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-15-generic i686
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Feb  3 14:43:34 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: chromium-browser
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-24 (102 days ago)

** Affects: ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug i386 oneiric running-unity

** Summary changed:

- Chrome over-rides default mime settings
+ Chrome constantly makes itself the default browser: overrides default mime settings

** Package changed: chromium-browser (Ubuntu) => ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu)

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Title:
  Chrome constantly makes itself the default browser: overrides default
  mime settings

Status in “ubuntu-meta” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Chromium adds these MIME entries that over the default browser
  (firefox nightly) settings on my computer. This quite annoying because
  I have set Chromium not add itself as default browser nor check for
  it.

  
  Even after I delete the entries, Chromium adds them on next reboot.  This *really* bad ! 
   
   /usr/local/share/applications/mimeinfo.cache 

  [MIME Cache]
  application/earthviewer=google-earth.desktop;
  application/keyhole=google-earth.desktop;
  application/vnd.google-earth.kml+xml=google-earth.desktop;
  application/vnd.google-earth.kmz=google-earth.desktop;
  application/xhtml_xml=google-chrome.desktop;
  text/html=google-chrome.desktop;
  text/xml=google-chrome.desktop;
  x-scheme-handler/ftp=google-chrome.desktop;
  x-scheme-handler/http=google-chrome.desktop;
  x-scheme-handler/https=google-chrome.desktop;

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: chromium-browser (not installed)
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-15.26-generic 3.0.13
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-15-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Fri Feb  3 14:43:34 2012
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1)
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: chromium-browser
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-24 (102 days ago)

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