Bug#743398: epiphany-browser: installing epiphany sets it as default browser, purging does not set it back

[Ian Kelling]

Package: epiphany-browser
Version: 3.4.2-2.1
Severity: normal

Dear Maintainer,

   * What led up to the situation?
   aptitude install epiphany-browser
   aptitude purge epiphany-browser
   try to open a link in icedove
   
   * What was the outcome of this action?
   nothing happened
   * What outcome did you expect instead?
   open the link in iceweasel

google led me to try these commands, which said iceweasel was already the default and did not help
# update-alternatives --config x-www-browser
# update-alternatives --config gnome-www-browser

finally, in iceweasel options menu, I clicked a button to set it as default, which resolved the problem.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 7.4
  APT prefers stable-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.13-0.bpo.1-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages epiphany-browser depends on:
ii  dbus-x11                   1.6.8-1+deb7u1
ii  epiphany-browser-data      3.4.2-2.1
ii  gnome-icon-theme           3.4.0-2
ii  gsettings-desktop-schemas  3.4.2-3
ii  iso-codes                  3.41-1
ii  libavahi-client3           0.6.31-2
ii  libavahi-common3           0.6.31-2
ii  libavahi-gobject0          0.6.31-2
ii  libc6                      2.13-38+deb7u1
ii  libcairo2                  1.12.2-3
ii  libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0         2.26.1-1
ii  libgirepository-1.0-1      1.32.1-1
ii  libglib2.0-0               2.33.12+really2.32.4-5
ii  libgnome-keyring0          3.4.1-1
ii  libgtk-3-0                 3.4.2-7
ii  libice6                    2:1.0.8-2
ii  libnotify4                 0.7.5-1
ii  libnspr4                   2:4.9.2-1+deb7u1
ii  libnss3                    2:3.14.5-1
ii  libnss3-1d                 2:3.14.5-1
ii  libpango1.0-0              1.30.0-1
ii  libseed-gtk3-0             3.2.0-2
ii  libsm6                     2:1.2.1-2
ii  libsoup-gnome2.4-1         2.38.1-2
ii  libsoup2.4-1               2.38.1-2
ii  libsqlite3-0               3.7.13-1+deb7u1
ii  libwebkitgtk-3.0-0         1.8.1-3.4
ii  libx11-6                   2:1.5.0-1+deb7u1
ii  libxml2                    2.8.0+dfsg1-7+nmu2
ii  libxslt1.1                 1.1.26-14.1

Versions of packages epiphany-browser recommends:
ii  ca-certificates  20130119
ii  evince           3.4.0-3.1
ii  yelp             3.4.2-1+b1

Versions of packages epiphany-browser suggests:
pn  epiphany-extensions  <none>