[CentOS] Thunderbird Revision Issues

Mon May 25 01:54:36 UTC 2020
Mark LaPierre <marklapier at gmail.com>

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.

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