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