GNU bug report logs - #9779
No usable browser found on Lubuntu

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>

Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2011 23:19:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #61 received at 9779 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
To: Nix <nix <at> esperi.org.uk>
Cc: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>, 9779 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#9779: No usable browser found on Lubuntu
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2011 14:41:41 -0400

>> I agree that we should not search for the executable "chrome"
>> which is not free software.  So below is a new patch
>> that supports only free software version "Chromium".

> If you build Chromium yourself from source code, it actually
> creates only an executable called 'chrome' and a manpage
> 'chrome.1': i.e., even the free version calls itself after
> the non-free version. (Of course, since Chromium doesn't
> contain an installation target, everyone has to write their own, and
> maybe everyone has chosen to create such a symlink. But this
> doesn't seem like something that it is safe to rely on.)

I prefer not to look for `chrome'.


        Stefan
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