> And then it bit me. On my development systems, which I also use as > my normal desktops, I've got multiple LFS systems, with shared > /home. And I update all those I claim to keep supported.
Yeah, sooner or later that's *got* to bite one. > with default settings. In one system I tried restoring ~/.mozilla > from a backup, which brought me back my settings and tabs, but then > I moved on to a newer system to use it, and again it wanted a new > profile. > > I've now set one up with the settings and extensions I wanted, > checked it on another recent system (ok) and now I've added the > sites I wanted to keep. But what a crock of the proverbial! > > ĸen Hmmmmmm, -C or something? firefox --help.... Ken, there is another way out! alias ff='firefox -P $xyzzy' In your bash_profile query uname and find which system you're on, set xyzzy to be the appropriate for that system and make a separate profile for each particular system, and Bob' your Uncle. And thanks. I've never confuddled /home for exactly this reason--it's *got* to bite one in the nether regions sooner or later! But if I ever needed to, now I know what to do. -- Paul Rogers [email protected] Rogers' Second Law: "Everything you do communicates." (I do not personally endorse any additions after this line. TANSTAAFL :-) -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
