Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:07:36 -0600 From: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: upgrade from Firefox 3.0 to Firefox 3.5 Message-ID: <20090718000736.GA90771@kokopelli.hydra> In-Reply-To: <20090718014347.1a182ef7.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <20090717224837.GA52217@kokopelli.hydra> <20090718014347.1a182ef7.freebsd@edvax.de>
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--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 <perrin@apotheon.com> 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--
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