[Bug 795134] [NEW] upgrade from lucid to maverick changes default browser to google chrome

[matteo sisti sette]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: update-manager

I had Firefox configured as my default browser on Ubuntu 10.04.

I upgraded to Ubuntu 10.10 through the update manager, and Google Chrome
became the default browser without ever asking me whether to keep the
old preference or accept the new one. All user preferences should be
preserved, and for any one that is recommended to be overwritten the
user should be prompted whether to keep or change.

During the upgrade process I was asked a few times regarding some
configuration files, whether to keep my old settings or rewrite them
with new default ones, but I ALWAYS chose "keep"; also, none of them
looked like anything related to the browser.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: update-manager 1:0.142.23
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-28.50-generic 2.6.35.11
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-28-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Jun  9 18:20:51 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: update-manager

** Affects: update-manager (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug i386 maverick

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Title:
  upgrade from lucid to maverick changes default browser to google
  chrome

Status in “update-manager” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: update-manager

  I had Firefox configured as my default browser on Ubuntu 10.04.

  I upgraded to Ubuntu 10.10 through the update manager, and Google
  Chrome became the default browser without ever asking me whether to
  keep the old preference or accept the new one. All user preferences
  should be preserved, and for any one that is recommended to be
  overwritten the user should be prompted whether to keep or change.

  During the upgrade process I was asked a few times regarding some
  configuration files, whether to keep my old settings or rewrite them
  with new default ones, but I ALWAYS chose "keep"; also, none of them
  looked like anything related to the browser.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
  Package: update-manager 1:0.142.23
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-28.50-generic 2.6.35.11
  Uname: Linux 2.6.35-28-generic i686
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Thu Jun  9 18:20:51 2011
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.utf8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: update-manager

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