Here's the contents of debian/patches/003_use_sensible-browser.patch - it appears to be using sensible-browser.
Author: Frank S. Thomas <fr...@thomas-alfeld.de> Description: use sensible-browser only, because upstream's attempt to start a browser fails miserably. Disclaimer: This patch is Debian-specific. Don't use it for non Debian packages. The program "sensible-browser" is part of the essential package debianutils. --- boinc.orig/clientgui/hyperlink.cpp +++ boinc/clientgui/hyperlink.cpp @@ -171,7 +171,8 @@ } void wxHyperLink::ExecuteLink (const wxString &strLink) { - if (!wxLaunchDefaultBrowser(strLink)) { + wxString cmd = wxT("sensible-browser ") + strLink; + if (!::wxExecute(cmd, wxEXEC_ASYNC)) { wxString strDialogTitle = wxEmptyString; wxString strDialogMessage = wxEmptyString; A similar bug has been submitted to Launchpad at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/boinc/+bug/353372 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org