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Re: issues with FF 86 / 87

From Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com>
Newsgroups alt.comp.software.firefox
Subject Re: issues with FF 86 / 87
Date 2021-05-11 18:58 +0000
Organization Some absurd concept
Message-ID <eli$2105111458@qaz.wtf> (permalink)
References <eli$2104071504@qaz.wtf> <609a8868$0$29315$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl> <oowmI.204323$N_4.30905@fx36.iad>

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In alt.comp.software.firefox, Wolf K  <wolfmac@sympatico.ca> wrote:
> The refusal to use the "updated" Profile is the reason I now Save the 
> profile  before updating. For downgrading, do complete uninstall of the 
> flawed version, install the older version, then copy the Saved profile 
> over the newly created one.

Asking about a Firefox native way to do that automatically was part of
my original post. I know how how to do it manually because I've been
working with profiles a very long time now.

> FWIW, I use Revo Uninstall (paid version) for complete uninstalls. 
> Hasn't caused a problem yet.

Somehow that's not going to help me with automatic updates on Ubuntu.

> This is turning into and arms race....

All software is. I'm choosing the arms race of maintaining a recent
Firefox install over the arms race of protecting myself from Chrome
privacy leaks or the arms race of avoiding malicious sites exploiting
now patched security holes in older Firefox installs.

Elijah
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issues with FF 86 / 87 Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2021-04-07 19:17 +0000
  Re: issues with FF 86 / 87 "Alex Plantema" <alex@nl.invalid> - 2021-05-11 15:36 +0200
    Re: issues with FF 86 / 87 Wolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca> - 2021-05-11 10:20 -0400
      Re: issues with FF 86 / 87 Stan Brown <the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm> - 2021-05-11 07:29 -0700
        Re: issues with FF 86 / 87 Wolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca> - 2021-05-11 11:05 -0400
          Re: issues with FF 86 / 87 "Dirk T. Verbeek" <dverbeek@xs4all.nl> - 2021-05-12 12:21 +0200
      Re: issues with FF 86 / 87 Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2021-05-11 18:58 +0000
  Re: issues with FF 86 / 87 Teddy-Bears <Bears@invalid.com> - 2021-05-11 12:34 -0400

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