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firefox-3.0 package

abrowser will only launch with command firefox instead of abrowser

Bug #602002 reported by brad
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Undecided
Unassigned
Hardy
Fix Released
High
Chris Coulson

Bug Description

Binary package hint: firefox-3.0

I've installed ABROWSER instead of firefox, and the launcher only responds with "child process not found". It opens when command is changed to firefox instead of abrowser.

Hardy Heron -- Web Browser version 3.6.6

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Jul 5 11:45:36 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
Package: firefox 3.6.6+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.2
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox-3.0
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-28-generic i686

Tags: apport-bug
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brad (netcom61) wrote :
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Micah Gersten (micahg) wrote :

Thank you for reporting this to Ubuntu. Do you have abrowser-branding installed?

Changed in firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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brad (netcom61) wrote : Re: [Bug 602002] Re: abrowser will only launch with command firefox instead of abrowser

Yes, Micah, abrowser-branding is installed.

On Mon, 2010-07-05 at 19:26 +0000, Micah Gersten wrote:
> Thank you for reporting this to Ubuntu. Do you have abrowser-branding
> installed?
>
> ** Changed in: firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>

Micah Gersten (micahg)
Changed in firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → New
Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson)
affects: firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu) → ubuntu
Changed in ubuntu:
status: New → Fix Committed
status: Fix Committed → Invalid
affects: Ubuntu Hardy → firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu Hardy)
Changed in firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu Hardy):
assignee: Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson) → nobody
assignee: nobody → Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson)
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package firefox-3.0 - 3.6.13+build3+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1

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firefox-3.0 (3.6.13+build3+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1) hardy-security; urgency=low

  * New upstream release v3.6.13 (FIREFOX_3_6_13_BUILD3)
    - see USN-1019-1

  * Fix LP: #602002 - abrowser will only launch with command firefox instead
    of abrowser. Add the necessary symlink
    - update debian/firefox.links
  * Drop patch after upstream landing of bmo: 551152 aka Symlinked components
    break everything
    - remove debian/patches/lp518422.patch
    - update debian/patches/series
 -- Chris Coulson <email address hidden> Mon, 06 Dec 2010 11:55:24 +0000

Changed in firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu Hardy):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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