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Updating Firefox/slackware

From	The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	alt.comp.software.firefox
Subject	Updating Firefox/slackware
Date	2026-09-29 13:32 -0700
Organization	None, as usual
Message-ID	<119h79d$3k64k$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)

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Being a generally untrusting person, I want to be able to try an update 
and revert to my previous version if I don't like the new one.

I download and untar the new version (157 in this case).
Start it from within its own separate subdirectory and generate a new 
profile.
Shut it down.
Copy (cp -raf *) over ALL the contents of the old profile.
Restart and test.

Looked OK, but I didn't want to deal with making it the current version 
yet.  When I closed 157 and restarted 150 I was told that firefox 
wouldnt work with a profile newer than the version and it demanded that 
I either quit or make a new profile.  I quit.  I tried again.  Same 
thing.  150 worked fine with that profile only half an hour ago.

Tried again:  ./firefox from within the FF150 subdirectory.  This time 
it brought up FF157 with the selected old profile with all my tabs gone.

I find this maddening.  Is there a simple explanation?  Should I have 
done something different?  My procedure has been working for decades -- 
until today :-(

-- 
Cheers, Bev
     It doesn't matter who you vote for, the government always gets in.

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Updating Firefox/slackware The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-09-29 13:32 -0700
  Re: Updating Firefox/slackware "Alan K." <alan@invalid.com> - 2026-09-29 16:57 -0400
  Re: Updating Firefox/slackware not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2026-09-30 09:09 +1000
    Re: Updating Firefox/slackware The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-09-29 17:08 -0700
  Re: Updating Firefox/slackware Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-10-02 22:08 +0000

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