Closing per comment #3, and because this appears to be fixed. On my machine where chromium is my preferred browser, the default alternative remains firefox:
$ LANG=C sudo update-alternatives --config gnome-www-browser
There are 2 choices for the alternative gnome-www-browser (providing /usr/bin/gnome-www-browser).
Closing per comment #3, and because this appears to be fixed. On my machine where chromium is my preferred browser, the default alternative remains firefox:
$ LANG=C sudo update-alternatives --config gnome-www-browser gnome-www- browser) .
There are 2 choices for the alternative gnome-www-browser (providing /usr/bin/
Selection Path Priority Status ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ---- chromium- browser 40 manual mode
-------
* 0 /usr/bin/firefox 40 auto mode
1 /usr/bin/
2 /usr/bin/firefox 40 manual mode