[Bug 238734] [NEW] /usr/bin/firefox managed by alternatives

[Alexander Sack]

On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 01:29:22AM -0000, Cafuego wrote:
> Public bug reported:
> 
> Binary package hint: firefox-3.0
> 
> I was wondering if it would be possible to have the /usr/bin/firefox
> symlink be managed by `alternatives'.
> 
> I mainly use FF2, as a bunch of web development add-ons have not been
> (fully) ported to FF3 and have been managing the `firefox' symlink by
> hand thusfar. However, each time a FF3 update is installed, the symlink
> is overwritten. When I then start `firefox' my FF2 profile is trashed by
> FF3 and I need to clean it out.
> 
> I've now added a divert, which sort of fixes the issue, but I'm sure I'm
> not the only one who prefers to run FF2 and starts it via the CLI, so a
> more elegant way of managing this symlink might be nice.
> 

The alternative system is not really suitable to project this use case
imo.

If you want something like this you should already be able to point
the gnome-www-browser and x-www-browser alternatives to ffox 2 or 3.

Is that good enough?

 status incomplete


 - Alexander


** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

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/usr/bin/firefox managed by alternatives
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