From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 18 00:14:16 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 07DCC106566B for ; Sat, 18 Jul 2009 00:14:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: from outbound-mail-134.bluehost.com (outbound-mail-134.bluehost.com [67.222.39.24]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C78878FC1E for ; Sat, 18 Jul 2009 00:14:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: (qmail 4757 invoked by uid 0); 18 Jul 2009 00:14:15 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO box543.bluehost.com) (74.220.219.143) by outboundproxy4.bluehost.com with SMTP; 18 Jul 2009 00:14:15 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=default; d=apotheon.com; h=Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:Mail-Followup-To:References:Mime-Version:Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To:User-Agent:X-Identified-User; b=NERu7Lo6IIRv21BmCKM6RwBxvuZ70URoYwPhnJYhCM03IDoO3iN7LZV6CQuFL6/23OxMIq4Jqu9WdAhKYKewt6gp4MSOyrVx25KWss+VsXfC5Va3Zv2XVQXhWdxu5zv3; Received: from c-24-8-180-234.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([24.8.180.234] helo=kokopelli.hydra) by box543.bluehost.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MRxZ8-0006Zy-RK for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:14:15 -0600 Received: by kokopelli.hydra (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:07:36 -0600 Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:07:36 -0600 From: Chad Perrin To: FreeBSD Questions Message-ID: <20090718000736.GA90771@kokopelli.hydra> Mail-Followup-To: FreeBSD Questions References: <20090717224837.GA52217@kokopelli.hydra> <20090718014347.1a182ef7.freebsd@edvax.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="OXfL5xGRrasGEqWY" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090718014347.1a182ef7.freebsd@edvax.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Identified-User: {2737:box543.bluehost.com:apotheon:apotheon.org} {sentby:smtp auth 24.8.180.234 authed with ren@apotheon.org} Subject: Re: upgrade from Firefox 3.0 to Firefox 3.5 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2009 00:14:16 -0000 --OXfL5xGRrasGEqWY Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 01:43:47AM +0200, Polytropon wrote: > On Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:48:37 -0600, Chad Perrin wro= te: > > So . . . how do I upgrade Firefox from 3.0 to 3.5 without running the > > risk of losing everything (bookmarks, a 100-tab session, et cetera)?=20 >=20 > Well, I don't think those settings get altered in any way - they do not > reside in the port's directories (where it will be installed into). > To be sure, make a backup copy of your ~/.mozilla/ directory before. Does that cover both bookmarks *and* my tab session? > > For > > some reason, it seems that the upgrade has to be made by deleting 3.0 a= nd > > installing 3.5 afterward. What's up with that? >=20 > No idea. Anyway, user's files won't be touched. Do you know this from personal experience, or are you just assuming that I won't pull out all my hair five seconds after I discover it deleted a bunch of shit I wanted to keep? --=20 Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] Quoth Naguib Mahfouz: "You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions." --OXfL5xGRrasGEqWY Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.10 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkphEkgACgkQ9mn/Pj01uKUQSACgx804eIGxMhhejx8X1heab0lP n+sAoPg+jXiUaketGitmQv+D64a0WWhC =upJJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --OXfL5xGRrasGEqWY--