The terrible impuldent Google Chrome Linux
package default behaviour (Chrome overwritting default
configurations without even asking)
Recently I issued some kind of upgrade and have noticed Google
Chrome is spit off the message you read below:
update-alternatives: warning: forcing reinstallation of
alternative /usr/bin/google-chrome because link group
gnome-www-browser is broken.
I think this kind of insolent behaviour from Google's Linux Chrome
version is notable.
How come that the browser indulges itself to tamper with my default
gnome-www-browser?
For the KDE users I feel indebted to mention that by default
gnome-www-browser is linked to
Epiphany
which itself is cross linked from /etc/alternatives/gnome-browser
to /usr/bin/epiphany
I'm pretty happy with Epipahy most of the time so I decided to
switch back my default gnome-www-browser by issuing the
cmds:
debian:~# rm -f /etc/alternatives/gnome-www-browser
debian:~# ls -sf ln -sf /usr/bin/epiphany
/etc/alternatives/gnome-www-browser
This will reverse back your default Gnome browser to
Epiphany
Anyways this kind of behaviour of Google packaging their Google
Chrome version to overwrite default configurations without even
poping up a prompt or something is really passive
agressiveness.
Guess the passive agressiveness is an overall politics adopted by
Google nowadays.