[Bug 665577] [NEW] Firefox dependency on gnome-icon-theme should be made explicit

[Jim Rees]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: firefox

The maverick firefox package 3.6.11+build3+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.10.1
depends on the gnome-icon-theme package for the "forward" and "back"
button icons, but this dependency isn't explicit. So if you just install
firefox without also installing gnome-icon-theme, you don't get forward
and back buttons.

The obvious fix is to add the dependency in the .deb, but I think a
better fix would be to eliminate the dependency. Given that the icon
package is over 13MB, and firefox itself is less than 10MB, it just
seems silly.

This bug didn't exist in lucid. I think it would fall back to some other
icons if the gnome ones weren't available. So maybe the root bug is in
firefox. I'd be happy to file a bug with Mozilla too.

** Affects: firefox (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Firefox dependency on gnome-icon-theme should be made explicit
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/665577
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