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 <marklap...@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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