Hey all,
CentOS 6 has Thunderbird 68.8.0
CentOS 8 has Thunderbird 68.7.0
When I rsync my .thunderbird folder from my CentOS 6 machine to my
CentOS 8 machine and start Thunderbird it says:
"A newer version of Thunderbird may have made changes to your
profile which are no longer compatible with this older version.
Use this profile only with that newer version, or create a new profile
for this installation of Thunderbird. Creating a new profile requires
setting up your accounts, calendars and add-ons again."
Needless to say, this is not an acceptable choice. I have several email
accounts that would have to be set up. That's not such a big issue, but
I have many local folders set up that I can't duplicate on the new
installation if I can't use my previous profile.
Does anyone know when CentOS 8 will catch up with CentOS 6 so that I can
start using my new CentOS 8 box?
Perhaps there is another work around. I've tried many of the solution
provided on the mozilla web site to no avail. I even tried to install
Thunderbird 68.8.0 on my CentOS 8 box. That didn't make it happy either.
What now brown cow?
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I suspect 68.8.0 will come with CentOS 8.2 ? In the meantime, you can probably set the env var MOZ_ALLOW_DOWNGRADE=1 to be able to switch between installs? James Pearson Sent from my iPhone> On 22 May 2020, at 20:29, Mark LaPierre <marklapier at gmail.com> > > Hey all, > > CentOS 6 has Thunderbird 68.8.0 > CentOS 8 has Thunderbird 68.7.0 > > When I rsync my .thunderbird folder from my CentOS 6 machine to my > CentOS 8 machine and start Thunderbird it says: > > "A newer version of Thunderbird may have made changes to your > profile which are no longer compatible with this older version. > Use this profile only with that newer version, or create a new profile > for this installation of Thunderbird. Creating a new profile requires > setting up your accounts, calendars and add-ons again." > > Needless to say, this is not an acceptable choice. I have several email > accounts that would have to be set up. That's not such a big issue, but > I have many local folders set up that I can't duplicate on the new > installation if I can't use my previous profile. > > Does anyone know when CentOS 8 will catch up with CentOS 6 so that I can > start using my new CentOS 8 box? > > Perhaps there is another work around. I've tried many of the solution > provided on the mozilla web site to no avail. I even tried to install > Thunderbird 68.8.0 on my CentOS 8 box. That didn't make it happy either. > > What now brown cow? > > -- > _ > ?v? > /(_)\ > ^ ^ Mark LaPierre > Registered Linux user No #267004 > https://linuxcounter.net/ > **** > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
On Fri, 22 May, 2020 at 15:28:39 -0400, Mark LaPierre wrote:> Hey all, > > CentOS 6 has Thunderbird 68.8.0 > CentOS 8 has Thunderbird 68.7.0 > > When I rsync my .thunderbird folder from my CentOS 6 machine to my CentOS 8 > machine and start Thunderbird it says: > > "A newer version of Thunderbird may have made changes to your > profile which are no longer compatible with this older version. > Use this profile only with that newer version, or create a new profile for > this installation of Thunderbird. Creating a new profile requires setting > up your accounts, calendars and add-ons again." > > Needless to say, this is not an acceptable choice. I have several email > accounts that would have to be set up. That's not such a big issue, but I > have many local folders set up that I can't duplicate on the new > installation if I can't use my previous profile. > > Does anyone know when CentOS 8 will catch up with CentOS 6 so that I can > start using my new CentOS 8 box? > > Perhaps there is another work around. I've tried many of the solution > provided on the mozilla web site to no avail. I even tried to install > Thunderbird 68.8.0 on my CentOS 8 box. That didn't make it happy either. > > What now brown cow? >There are some workarounds. You could install thunderbird 68.8.0 directly from thunderbird.net, or get a better integrated installation from flathub.org. You could log into your CentOS 6 box from CentOS 8 and run thunderbird 68.8.0 remotely. No doubt there are others.
On 5/22/20 12:28 PM, Mark LaPierre wrote:> Hey all, > > CentOS 6 has Thunderbird 68.8.0 > CentOS 8 has Thunderbird 68.7.0 > > When I rsync my .thunderbird folder from my CentOS 6 machine to my > CentOS 8 machine and start Thunderbird it says: > > "A newer version of Thunderbird may have made changes to your > profile which are no longer compatible with this older version. > Use this profile only with that newer version, or create a new profile > for this installation of Thunderbird.? Creating a new profile requires > setting up your accounts, calendars and add-ons again." >I think I encountered the same thing when trying to go from CentOS 7 to CentOS 8. I'm pretty sure I ended up invoking thunderbird manually with the --allow-downgrade option.? After it was satisfied with my copied profile, it would then subsequently run OK with a normal invocation (using the desktop icon, etc.) -Greg
On 2020-05-23 11:58, Greg Bailey wrote:> On 5/22/20 12:28 PM, Mark LaPierre wrote: >> Hey all, >> >> CentOS 6 has Thunderbird 68.8.0 >> CentOS 8 has Thunderbird 68.7.0 >> >> When I rsync my .thunderbird folder from my CentOS 6 machine to my >> CentOS 8 machine and start Thunderbird it says: >> >> "A newer version of Thunderbird may have made changes to your >> profile which are no longer compatible with this older version. >> Use this profile only with that newer version, or create a new profile >> for this installation of Thunderbird.? Creating a new profile requires >> setting up your accounts, calendars and add-ons again." >> > > I think I encountered the same thing when trying to go from CentOS 7 to > CentOS 8. > > I'm pretty sure I ended up invoking thunderbird manually with the > --allow-downgrade option.? After it was satisfied with my copied > profile, it would then subsequently run OK with a normal invocation > (using the desktop icon, etc.) > > -Greg > >Thanks Greg, I'm copying a nice clean .thunderbird folder from CentOS 6 to CentOS 8 with rsync in a few minutes, as soon as I'm done playing with my mail here. I'll try your suggestion. I'll let you know what happens. -- _ ?v? /(_)\ ^ ^ Mark LaPierre Registered Linux user No #267004 https://linuxcounter.net/ ****