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Re: policies.json

From	Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com>
Newsgroups	alt.comp.software.firefox
Subject	Re: policies.json
Date	2026-04-29 11:47 +0100
Organization	Frantic
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Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> writes:

> Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:
>
>> The Real Bev wrote:
>>
>>> cat -A distribution/policies.json         ;reveals ^M corruption
>>> echo '{"policies":{"DisableAppUpdate":true}}' > policies.json ;fixes it
>>> about:policies                     ;confirms "Active"
>>>
>>> I did the same for Thunderbird and then marked both files read-only.
>> I think it's those carriage return and line feed characters
>> thing. Linux *TEXT* file format is a bit different from WinDOS.
> Except the json spec specifically states that no whitespace characters
> are significant (outside of quote marks).

If anyone had the patience they could test this theory (that an update
to firefox caused LF to be replaced with CRLF, by creating a new linux
user, downloading the previous version of firefox, unpacking it locally,
creating a json file, creating a backup of it, then allowing firefox to
update itself, then comparing the json files. Then, if necessary, report
the results on Bugzilla.

Note that linux line terminator is LF not CR (as someone said upthread).

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policies.json The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-04-25 08:37 -0700
  Re: policies.json "Alan K." <alan@invalid.com> - 2026-04-25 14:53 -0400
    Re: policies.json Frank Miller <miller@posteo.ee> - 2026-04-25 21:24 +0200
      Re: policies.json Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2026-04-25 12:51 -0700
        Re: policies.json "Alan K." <alan@invalid.com> - 2026-04-25 15:54 -0400
          Re: policies.json Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2026-04-25 15:22 -0700
  Re: policies.json Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> - 2026-04-25 21:03 +0100
    Re: policies.json The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-04-25 13:22 -0700
      Re: policies.json Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> - 2026-04-25 21:44 +0100
      Re: policies.json Frank Miller <miller@posteo.ee> - 2026-04-25 23:09 +0200
        Re: policies.json The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-04-25 14:58 -0700
          Re: policies.json Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> - 2026-04-25 23:07 +0100
            Re: policies.json The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-04-25 21:49 -0700
              Re: policies.json Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-04-27 02:06 +0000
                Re: policies.json The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-04-26 21:40 -0700
                Re: policies.json Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-04-27 04:50 +0000
                Re: policies.json The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-04-26 22:55 -0700
                Re: policies.json Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-04-27 07:57 +0000
                Re: policies.json The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-04-27 11:13 -0700
                Re: policies.json "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-04-30 11:23 +0200
                Re: policies.json Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-04-30 22:12 +0000
                Re: policies.json The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-04-30 20:27 -0700
                Re: policies.json Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-05-01 04:07 +0000
                Re: policies.json The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-04-30 21:59 -0700
                Re: policies.json Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-05-01 06:44 +0000
                Re: policies.json The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-05-01 09:16 -0700
                Re: policies.json Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-05-01 22:53 +0000
                Re: policies.json The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-05-02 12:52 -0700
                Re: policies.json dillinger <dillinger@invalid.not> - 2026-05-02 22:50 +0200
                Re: policies.json The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-05-02 21:59 -0700
                Re: policies.json The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-04-30 20:23 -0700
    Re: policies.json Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2026-04-25 15:23 -0700
  Re: policies.json The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-04-25 13:07 -0700
    Re: policies.json "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2026-04-27 00:51 +0800
      Re: policies.json The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-04-26 12:17 -0700
        Re: policies.json Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-04-27 00:24 +0000
          Re: policies.json "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2026-04-27 12:27 +0800
          Re: policies.json The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-04-26 21:30 -0700
            Re: policies.json Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-04-27 04:55 +0000
              Re: policies.json The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-04-26 22:59 -0700
                Re: policies.json Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-04-27 08:03 +0000
                Re: policies.json The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-04-27 11:15 -0700
        Re: policies.json Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> - 2026-04-27 11:01 +0100
          Re: policies.json The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-04-27 11:03 -0700
            Re: policies.json Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> - 2026-04-27 19:37 +0100
              Re: policies.json The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-04-27 11:48 -0700
                Re: policies.json Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2026-04-27 12:41 -0700
                Re: policies.json The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-04-28 09:25 -0700
                Re: policies.json Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-04-28 17:43 +0100
                Re: policies.json Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2026-04-28 10:56 -0700
                Re: policies.json The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-04-28 12:54 -0700
    Re: policies.json "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2026-04-29 17:49 +0800
      Re: policies.json Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-04-29 10:59 +0100
        Re: policies.json Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> - 2026-04-29 11:47 +0100
          Re: policies.json Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-04-29 13:21 +0100
        Re: policies.json "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2026-04-29 21:25 +0800
          Re: policies.json "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2026-04-29 21:31 +0800
            Re: policies.json Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-04-29 14:41 +0100
              Re: policies.json "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2026-04-30 10:18 +0800
                Re: policies.json Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-04-30 09:58 +0100
                Re: policies.json "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2026-04-30 20:53 +0800
        Re: policies.json The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-04-29 20:38 -0700
          Re: policies.json Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-04-30 05:51 +0000
            Re: policies.json The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-04-29 23:35 -0700
              Re: policies.json Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-04-30 07:53 +0000
              Re: policies.json Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> - 2026-04-30 09:01 +0100
                Re: policies.json Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-04-30 09:04 +0000
                Re: policies.json The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-04-30 20:20 -0700

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