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?
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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On 22 May 2020, at 20:29, Mark LaPierre marklapier@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?
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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.
On 5/24/20 9:54 PM, Mark LaPierre wrote:
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.
Now why couldn't mozilla put that on their web site to help poor slobs like me. Your suggestion worked perfectly. I'm writing this one on the CentOS 8 machine.
Thank you so much for the intelligent reply. Most of what I found on my own said either make a new profile or just keep using the CentOS 6 system, either directly or as a remote desktop.
Thanks again.
I love it when a plan comes together.
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