chromium-browser.desktop uses absolute path
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chromium-browser (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Low
|
Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
in /usr/share/
we have
Exec=/usr/
this does not seem to be standard, gnome and kde applications do not put absolute paths there:
/usr/share/
Exec=konsole
/usr/share/
Exec=gnome-terminal
The chromium way is inferior imho, because it does not allow to put a "chromium-browser" in my private bin directory ($HOME/bin/) to override the default launcher. This is useful e.g. to add additional command line switches, ...
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: chromium-browser 18.0.1025.
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Jun 4 23:18:26 2012
Desktop-Session:
DESKTOP_SESSION = ubuntu
XDG_CONFIG_DIRS = /etc/xdg/
XDG_DATA_DIRS = /usr/share/
Env:
MOZ_PLUGIN_PATH = None
LD_LIBRARY_PATH = None
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20111129.1)
SourcePackage: chromium-browser
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
chromium-default: CHROMIUM_FLAGS=""
| Michael Nagel (nailor) wrote | #1 |
| Micah Gersten (micahg) wrote | #2 |
| Changed in chromium-browser (Ubuntu): | |
| importance: | Undecided → Low |
| status: | New → Triaged |
| Saikrishna Arcot (saiarcot895) wrote | #3 |
| Changed in chromium-browser (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | Triaged → Fix Released |
Thanks for reporting this bug and any supporting documentation. Since this bug has enough information provided for a developer to begin work, I'm going to mark it as Triaged and let them handle it from here. Thanks for taking the time to make Ubuntu better!