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Date:      Sat, 18 Jul 2009 01:43:47 +0200
From:      Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>
To:        Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: upgrade from Firefox 3.0 to Firefox 3.5
Message-ID:  <20090718014347.1a182ef7.freebsd@edvax.de>
In-Reply-To: <20090717224837.GA52217@kokopelli.hydra>
References:  <20090717224837.GA52217@kokopelli.hydra>

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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.



> For
> some reason, it seems that the upgrade has to be made by deleting 3.0 and
> installing 3.5 afterward.  What's up with that?

No idea. Anyway, user's files won't be touched.



-- 
Polytropon
>From Magdeburg, Germany
Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0
Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...



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