645778 - TB ignores $BROWSER settings

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Thunderbird :: OS Integration, defect)

Description

[macias]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:2.0.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.14) 

There are tons of posts over the web about TB ignoring default settings, however I didn't find a bug filled upstream. So, here it is:

KDE, $BROWSER set to konqueror, yet, each time I click on a link, Firefox launches (*).

(*) not exactly, it adds a new tab to FF, so I have to chase, which FF TB had in mind. But this behaviour is irrelevant to ignoring the most basic settings of the system.



Reproducible: Always

Comment 1

[Ludovic Hirlimann [:Usul]]

We rely on gconf.

Comment 2

[macias]

This is stating the fact (thank you), but the system is Linux/Unix. And system variables (environment) have their purpose there. Those settings are (or should be) common ground for every Linux/Unix app, otherwise they would make no sense.

Comment 3

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

judging by https://www.google.com/search?q=%22%24BROWSER%22+thunderbird&num=20&hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-nightly&hs=pni&tbo=1&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:unofficial&output=search&source=lnt&tbs=qdr:y&sa=X&ei=ob8fUN2gIcfz0gHj84HgCQ&ved=0CAgQpwUoBQ&biw=1300&bih=767 there does not quite seem to be a ton of postings.  

Are there example URLs with lots of interested users?

Comment 4

[macias]

Do you know that when no user watches, all bugs go away? True story.

Closing (I don't have time to waste on blogging or trolling).