I am still seeing the "Google Chrome is not your default browser" on bionic.
4.15.0-32-generic #35-Ubuntu SMP Fri Aug 10 17:58:07 UTC 2018 x86_64 GNU/Linux DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=18.04 DISTRIB_CODENAME=bionic DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS" NAME="Ubuntu" VERSION="18.04.1 LTS (Bionic Beaver)" ID=ubuntu ID_LIKE=debian PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS" VERSION_ID="18.04" HOME_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/"; SUPPORT_URL="https://help.ubuntu.com/"; BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/"; PRIVACY_POLICY_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/legal/terms-and-policies/privacy-policy"; VERSION_CODENAME=bionic UBUNTU_CODENAME=bionic Chrome version: Google Chrome Version 68.0.3440.106 (Official Build) unknown (64-bit) I'm running this in a VirtualBox VM on Win 10. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xdg-utils in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1511154 Title: xdg-settings set <anything> fails with status 2 because of a small glitch Status in xdg-utils package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: (Existing description has been broken up into sections.) [Impact] The first user-facing symptom: Google Chrome stable is correctly set as the default browser in System Settings / Details / Default Applications as well as in update-alternatives --display x-www-browser yet it keeps complaining about not being a default browser. Clicking "Make Google Chrome the default browser." on Chrome's settings page has no response. The problem is reported here http://askubuntu.com/questions/688779 /google-chrome-stable-keeps-asking-if-it-should-be-set-to-default but the answer is somewhat wrong. [Test Case] I have successfully reproduced and debugged the problem. I managed to establish that it is connected to xdg-utils, namely to /usr/bin/xdg- settings script. michal@furia:~$ lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 15.10 Release: 15.10 Codename: wily michal@furia:~$ xdg-settings get default-web-browser firefox.desktop michal@furia:~$ xdg-settings set default-web-browser google-chrome.desktop michal@furia:~$ echo $? 2 michal@furia:~$ xdg-settings get default-web-browser firefox.desktop There is a function in /usr/bin/xdg-settings called desktop_file_to_binary() and it has a bug. It is slightly different than the one in the vanilla xdg-utils 1.1.0 rc3. It is implemented in scripts/xdg-utils-common.in. See line 65 in xdg-utils-1.1.0~rc3+git20150907/scripts/xdg-utils- common.in : command="`grep -E "^Exec(\[[^]=]*])?=" "$file" | cut -d= -f 2- | sed -e 's/ .*$//'`" When executed against google-chrome.desktop or firefox.desktop it results with: google-chrome-stable google-chrome-stable google-chrome-stable or firefox firefox firefox respectively. When passed to `which` and then to `readlink -f` it results with no path to the actual binary. In the vanilla xdg-utils package (version 1.1.0 rc3) the `sed` part is replaced with `first_word`. An alternative would be adding `| head -n 1`. Then we would have only one `google-chrome-stable` or `firefox` which in turn would result with the actual path to binary resolved correctly and that would make xdg-settings work fine. Also, it is possible to set Google Chrome as the default browser via its preferences and the aforementioned first user-facing symptom is gone. [Regression Potential] Limited. The commands after the modified lines assume that there is only one line, so passing the output of the modified lines through `head -n1` should ensure that. In the case of there being 0 or 1 lines before the `head -n1` command, nothing will be changed. In the worst case, there may exist a .desktop file where the first Exec line isn't the main program (mentioned in comment 2 below). In that case, however, this change will result in the incorrect program being chosen; this may or may not be better than the command not working at all. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xdg-utils/+bug/1511154/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
