[Bug 362345] [NEW] firefox-3.5 apt:// urls not working out of the box

[Dominic Evans]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: firefox-3.5

firefox-3.0 in ubuntu ships with an apt://packagename URL handler setup by default.
This will call /usr/bin/apturl to bring up a popup giving the user the option to install the given package from their ubuntu repositories.

e.g., apt://vim-full, see http://is.gd/sLi3 for a blog post about the
ubuntu wiki supporting these URLs

however, it seems the firefox-3.5 shipped with Ubuntu doesn't include
this handler definition by default, these are the values found in
about:config for firefox-3.0:

network.protocol-handler.app.apt;/usr/bin/apturl
network.protocol-handler.app.apt+http;/usr/bin/apturl
network.protocol-handler.warn-external.apt;false
network.protocol-handler.warn-external.apt+http;false

please add these to the firefox-3.5 profile

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
Package: firefox-3.5 3.5~b4~hg20090330r24021+nobinonly-0ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox-3.5
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-11-generic i686

** Affects: firefox-3.5 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug i386

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firefox-3.5 apt:// urls not working out of the box
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