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.