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Date:      Fri, 13 Nov 2020 07:52:10 +1100 (EST)
From:      Dave Horsfall <dave@horsfall.org>
To:        FreeBSD Ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: FireFox keeps loosing data
Message-ID:  <alpine.BSF.2.21.9999.2011130748010.48674@aneurin.horsfall.org>
In-Reply-To: <61c9849f-b7e3-8ae8-07d7-8e89e357066e@netfence.it>
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On Thu, 12 Nov 2020, Andrea Venturoli wrote:

>> Firefox uses sqlite databases to store cookies, history and other 
>> items. You should never store these on NFS.
>
> Really? It has worked properly for years; it's only been broken for some 
> months. Besides history works perfectly. Wouldn't any corruption produce 
> some sort of log somewhere?

Never use file locking on NFS.  Period.  One day it *will* bite you, due 
to some yet-to-be-discovered bug.  In the meantime, feel free to ignore 
the advice of those who have been there before...

-- Dave



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