From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 18 08:11:58 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 9A16B1065670 for ; Sat, 18 Jul 2009 08:11:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perryh@pluto.rain.com) Received: from agora.rdrop.com (unknown [IPv6:2607:f678:1010::34]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 732788FC1E for ; Sat, 18 Jul 2009 08:11:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perryh@pluto.rain.com) Received: from agora.rdrop.com (66@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by agora.rdrop.com (8.13.1/8.12.7) with ESMTP id n6I8BqmU054022 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Sat, 18 Jul 2009 01:11:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from perryh@pluto.rain.com) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by agora.rdrop.com (8.13.1/8.12.9/Submit) with UUCP id n6I8BqrN054021; Sat, 18 Jul 2009 01:11:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from fbsd61 by pluto.rain.com (4.1/SMI-4.1-pluto-M2060407) id AA00993; Sat, 18 Jul 09 01:00:36 PDT Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2009 00:57:57 -0700 From: perryh@pluto.rain.com To: freebsd@edvax.de, perrin@apotheon.com Message-Id: <4a618085.gC691plCKOA4Tkt9%perryh@pluto.rain.com> References: <20090717224837.GA52217@kokopelli.hydra> <20090718014347.1a182ef7.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20090718014347.1a182ef7.freebsd@edvax.de> User-Agent: nail 11.25 7/29/05 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.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 08:11:59 -0000 > > 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)? > > 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. I suspect the real concern is not that the upgrade itself will wreck something, but that the upgraded FF may do something odd the first time it is fired up :( One hopes that backing up ~/.mozilla would cover it.