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No usable browser found on Lubuntu

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From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>
To: Lawrence Mitchell <wence <at> gmx.li>
Cc: 9779 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#9779: No usable browser found on Lubuntu
Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2011 12:09:22 +0300

>> (executable-find "nohup")
>> => "/usr/bin/nohup"
>
> I note that since 22-Jun-2011 browse-url-xdg-open no longer uses
> nohup.  This is either a mistake on my part (I didn't read the
> comment in browse-url-can-use-xdg-open) or it is indeed
> unnecessary and therefore isn't a requirement for xdg-open.

Do you think it should be removed with its comment that says:

       ;; xdg-open may call gnome-open and that does not wait for its child
       ;; to finish.  This child may then be killed when the parent dies.
       ;; Use nohup to work around.

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