Debian Bug report logs - #598215
epiphany-browser: searching does not select links

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Package: epiphany-browser; Maintainer for epiphany-browser is Debian GNOME Maintainers <pkg-gnome-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>; Source for epiphany-browser is src:epiphany-browser (PTS, buildd, popcon).

Reported by: Anye Li <ali@ll.mit.edu>

Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2010 14:12:00 UTC

Severity: important

Tags: confirmed, fixed-upstream

Merged with 580238

Found in versions epiphany-browser/2.30.2-1, epiphany-browser/2.30.6-1

Done: Jeremy Bícha <jbicha@debian.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

Forwarded to https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=598291

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Report forwarded to debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org, Josselin Mouette <joss@debian.org>:
Bug#598215; Package epiphany-browser. (Mon, 27 Sep 2010 14:12:03 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Acknowledgement sent to Anye Li <ali@ll.mit.edu>:
New Bug report received and forwarded. Copy sent to Josselin Mouette <joss@debian.org>. (Mon, 27 Sep 2010 14:12:03 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Anye Li <ali@ll.mit.edu>
To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>
Subject: epiphany-browser: searching does not select links
Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2010 09:56:05 -0400
Package: epiphany-browser
Version: 2.30.6-1
Severity: important


In the Webkit version of Epiphany, I cannot follow a link by
searching for the text (via Ctrl-F, /, ') and pressing Enter.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
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                    1.2.24-3     simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  epiphany-browser-data       2.30.6-1     Data files for the GNOME web brows
ii  gnome-icon-theme            2.30.3-1     GNOME Desktop icon theme
ii  iso-codes                   3.20-1       ISO language, territory, currency,
ii  libavahi-client3            0.6.27-2     Avahi client library
ii  libavahi-common3            0.6.27-2     Avahi common library
ii  libavahi-gobject0           0.6.27-2     Avahi GObject library
ii  libc6                       2.11.2-6     Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libcairo2                   1.8.10-6     The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libdbus-1-3                 1.2.24-3     simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2            0.88-2       simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libgconf2-4                 2.28.1-3     GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libgirepository1.0-0        0.6.14-1+b1  Library for handling GObject intro
ii  libglib2.0-0                2.24.2-1     The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome-keyring0           2.30.1-1     GNOME keyring services library
ii  libgtk2.0-0                 2.20.1-1+b1  The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libice6                     2:1.0.6-1    X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  libnotify1 [libnotify1-gtk2 0.5.0-2      sends desktop notifications to a n
ii  libnspr4-0d                 4.8.4-2      NetScape Portable Runtime Library
ii  libnss3-1d                  3.12.6-3     Network Security Service libraries
ii  libpango1.0-0               1.28.1-1     Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libseed0                    2.30.0-1+b1  GObject JavaScript bindings for th
ii  libsm6                      2:1.1.1-1    X11 Session Management library
ii  libsoup-gnome2.4-1          2.30.2-1     an HTTP library implementation in 
ii  libsoup2.4-1                2.30.2-1     an HTTP library implementation in 
ii  libwebkit-1.0-2             1.2.4-1      Web content engine library for Gtk
ii  libx11-6                    2:1.3.3-3    X11 client-side library
ii  libxml2                     2.7.7.dfsg-4 GNOME XML library
ii  libxslt1.1                  1.1.26-6     XSLT 1.0 processing library - runt

Versions of packages epiphany-browser recommends:
ii  ca-certificates          20090814+nmu2   Common CA certificates
ii  evince                   2.30.3-1        Document (postscript, pdf) viewer
ii  yelp                     2.30.1+webkit-1 Help browser for GNOME

Versions of packages epiphany-browser suggests:
ii  epiphany-extensions           2.30.2-1   Extensions for Epiphany web browse

-- no debconf information




Added tag(s) confirmed. Request was from Simon Paillard <spaillard@debian.org> to control@bugs.debian.org. (Sat, 16 Oct 2010 22:42:09 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Set Bug forwarded-to-address to 'https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=598291'. Request was from Simon Paillard <spaillard@debian.org> to control@bugs.debian.org. (Sat, 20 Nov 2010 18:03:04 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Forcibly Merged 580238 598215. Request was from Simon Paillard <spaillard@debian.org> to control@bugs.debian.org. (Sat, 20 Nov 2010 18:21:08 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Added tag(s) fixed-upstream. Request was from debian-bts-link@lists.debian.org to control@bugs.debian.org. (Mon, 06 Aug 2018 17:24:14 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Message #14 received at 580238-done@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Jeremy Bícha <jbicha@debian.org>
To: 624004-done@bugs.debian.org, 632237-done@bugs.debian.org, 635223-done@bugs.debian.org, 635372-done@bugs.debian.org, 635482-done@bugs.debian.org, 646066-done@bugs.debian.org, 648099-done@bugs.debian.org, 665978-done@bugs.debian.org, 668346-done@bugs.debian.org, 676254-done@bugs.debian.org, 677324-done@bugs.debian.org, 681624-done@bugs.debian.org, 685008-done@bugs.debain.org, 686822-done@bugs.debian.org, 686830-done@bugs.debian.org, 687061-done@bugs.debian.org, 699587-done@bugs.debian.org, 700431-done@bugs.debian.org, 533376-done@bugs.debian.org, 543151-done@bugs.debian.org, 607316-done@bugs.debian.org, 470023-done@bugs.debian.org, 519955-done@bugs.debian.org, 565784-done@bugs.debian.org, 581762-done@bugs.debian.org, 595062-done@bugs.debian.org, 613216-done@bugs.debian.org, 620058-done@bugs.debian.org, 685876-done@bugs.debian.org, 730591-done@bugs.debian.org, 357904-done@bugs.debian.org, 504441-done@bugs.debian.org, 548535-done@bugs.debian.org, 580238-done@bugs.debian.org, 584872-done@bugs.debian.org, 638149-done@bugs.debian.org
Subject: closing ancient epiphany-browser bugs
Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2025 18:51:24 -0500
There have been many changes to Debian since this bug was originally
reported. If you are still experiencing this issue with Debian 13 (or
with Debian 12 or Testing or Unstable), please report a new bug.

Thank you,
Jeremy Bícha



Bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <owner@bugs.debian.org> to internal_control@bugs.debian.org. (Mon, 08 Dec 2025 07:29:09 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


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