Update creates orphan link to not installed Google Chrome

DoctorG

Strange, i found for 6.5.3206.63 on my Debian 12 this:

 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root        30 14. Feb 09:07 WidevineCdm -> /opt/google/chrome/WidevineCdm

But the symlink is broken as i have no Google Chrome.

Same for you on Linux?

Looks like a leftover from Widevine installer script.

Aaron

@DoctorG said in Update creates orphan link to not installed Google Chrome:

Looks like a leftover from Widevine installer script.

It seems yes. I've checked my /opt and no file's name include "widevine".

DoctorG

@Aaron OK, i will report send bug report now.

VB-104217 "[Linux] Update creates orphan link in Vivaldi install folder to not-installed Chrome"

edwardp

openSUSE Tumbleweed: no /opt/google/chrome here.

DoctorG

@edwardp Perhaps only with deb packages.

lfisk

@DoctorG I'm running Deb 12 and have no "/opt/google/" directory entry. I checked yesterday when I first saw this by doing a locate search which didn't find anything. Today I went and checked with a file manager and nothing

Vivaldi:	6.5.3206.63 (Stable channel) stable (64-bit) 
Revision:	5c2593a2fee32e8ecaa6e8fc0fa3aae84c8d3413
OS:		Linux

edwardp

On my Q4OS/Debian 12 thumb drive, I also do not have an /opt/google directory.

DoctorG

Vivaldi deb package creates such when Google Chrome (Stable/Beta/Unstable) was installed.
I tested 6.6.3232.11 + 6.6.3271.33 Snapshot and symlink it was added even if a previous Google Chrome was purged.
Useless as Vivaldi already fetches its own widevinedrm data.

And when i see such broken links/data, i suspect broken install.

DoctorG

I will ignore the broken symlink now.