I will say, though, that there are many examples across various Linucies
(that's the plural, right? ☺) suggesting to use the BROWSER variable to change
the default browser. Case in point:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Environment_Variables#Default_programs
And I might add another point: it's obvious that chromium-browser uses
`xdg-settings` but I'm not sure what firefox uses, but the end result is
that the `xdg-settings`, `xdg-mime` and `$BROWSER` values are all set
appropriately. I will note, too, that `xdg-settings` results in a
proportional change to `xdg-mime`.
I do think that setting BROWSER is problematic and it is contributing to
the problem, but the fact that chromium-browser seems to be unique among
other browsers in terms of lacking robustness to set itself as default
regardless of circumstances. Therefore, I think the fault lies with it.
** Changed in: chromium-browser (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed => Triaged
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Can't set Chromium as the default browser when BROWSER variable is
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