Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2009 20:25:46 -0800 From: Mel Flynn <mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: upgrade from Firefox 3.0 to Firefox 3.5 Message-ID: <200907172025.46742.mel.flynn%2Bfbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> In-Reply-To: <20090718022822.07ca9f17.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <20090717224837.GA52217@kokopelli.hydra> <20090718000736.GA90771@kokopelli.hydra> <20090718022822.07ca9f17.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On Friday 17 July 2009 16:28:22 Polytropon wrote: > On Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:07:36 -0600, Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> wrote: > > 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> wrote: > > > > 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. > > > > Does that cover both bookmarks *and* my tab session? > > I think so. Because a !root user cannot write to Firefox's directories > (inside the /usr/local/ subtree), data local to the user will be stored > in his home directory. The correct path is ~/.mozilla/firefox and maybe > ~/.mozilla/default. > > I can at least confirm it for the bookmarks. I haven't checked for > tab sessions because I'm not using that feature. > > But just judging from a conceptual point of view: WHY NOT? :-) Sessions are stored in sessionstore.js. Bookmarks, user modified settings even extensions are in ~/.mozilla/firefox. If you don't trust what people here say, feel free to run find ~/.mozilla/firefox -type f and deduct from the file and directory names what is stored per user. Most files are plain text, so you can enlighten yourself when in doubt. -- Mel
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