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and subject line Re: Bug#425790: icedove: clicking links does not spawn web
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regarding icedove: doesn't open links in external browser
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Package: icedove
Version: 3.0.1-2
Severity: normal
I've setup protocol-handlers for http & https to iceweasel, but icedove refuses
to open links in it, whether link is clicked or through context menu entry 'open
link in browser'. With icedove<=3.0 everything was ok.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.32.7-globus (SMP w/2 CPU cores; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=be_BY.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=be_BY.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages icedove depends on:
ii debianutils 2.30 Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii fontconfig 2.8.0-2 generic font configuration library
ii libasound2 1.0.21a-1 shared library for ALSA applicatio
ii libatk1.0-0 1.22.0-1 The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii libc6 2.7-18 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libcairo2 1.8.8-2 The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii libdbus-1-3 1.2.1-5 simple interprocess messaging syst
ii libdbus-glib-1-2 0.82-2~bpo50+2 simple interprocess messaging syst
ii libfontconfig1 2.8.0-2 generic font configuration library
ii libfreetype6 2.3.7-2+lenny1 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii libgcc1 1:4.3.2-1.1 GCC support library
ii libglib2.0-0 2.22.1-1 The GLib library of C routines
ii libgtk2.0-0 2.18.1-1 The GTK+ graphical user interface
ii libjpeg62 6b-14 The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG
ii libnspr4-0d 4.8.2-1 NetScape Portable Runtime Library
ii libnss3-1d 3.12.3.1-0lenny1 Network Security Service libraries
ii libpango1.0-0 1.20.5-5 Layout and rendering of internatio
ii libsqlite3-0 3.6.22-1 SQLite 3 shared library
ii libstartup-notificat 0.10-1 library for program launch feedbac
ii libstdc++6 4.3.2-1.1 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii libx11-6 2:1.3.2-1.1~globus1 X11 client-side library
ii libxrender1 1:0.9.4-2 X Rendering Extension client libra
ii libxt6 1:1.0.5-3 X11 toolkit intrinsics library
ii psmisc 22.6-1 Utilities that use the proc filesy
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-12 compression library - runtime
Versions of packages icedove recommends:
ii libbonobo2-0 2.22.0-1 Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii libgconf2-4 2.22.0-1 GNOME configuration database syste
ii libgnome2-0 2.20.1.1-1 The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii libgnomevfs2-0 1:2.22.0-5 GNOME Virtual File System (runtime
ii liborbit2 1:2.14.13-0.1 libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii libpopt0 1.14-4 lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii myspell-en-us [myspell-dic 1:2.4.0-3 English_american dictionary for my
Versions of packages icedove suggests:
ii latex-xft-fonts 0.1-8 Xft-compatible versions of some La
ii libthai0 0.1.9-4 Thai language support library
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--- Begin Message ---
Version: 10.0.10-1
On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 09:18:23PM +0200, Carsten Schoenert wrote:
> Hi,
> On Tue, Jun 05, 2012 at 06:28:00PM +1200, Hugh Davenport wrote:
> > Package: icedove
> > Version: 10.0.4-1
> > Followup-For: Bug #425790
> >
> > Dear Maintainer,
> >
> > * What led up to the situation?
> > Installed new version of debian testing, with LXDE as window manager
> > Set up icedove with an imap server, tried clicking on a link, and also
> > right clicking and opening in browser. Neither worked.
> >
> > Going `x-www-browser linkgoeshere` works fine from shell.
> >
> > The config setting in icedove for http handlers is x-www-browser
> >
> > I have tried setting x-www-browser to both /usr/bin/x-www-browser
> > and /etc/alternatives/x-www-browser
>
> yeah, that seems to be correct. It also works with version from
> squeeze-backports.
> After some final checks this will be closed with the next version in
> sid. The solution is the default setting of
> network.protocol-handler.warn-external.http=true in the pref.js file.
> With this icedove will always ask the user which application to for any
> kind of link.
Since none of the submitters is able to reproduce this in wheezy I'm
closing the report.
Cheers,
-- Guido
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