Thunderbird Revision Issues
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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3 thoughts on - Thunderbird Revision Issues
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
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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.
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.
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