* Arthur Marsh ([email protected]) wrote: > > > Eric Dorland wrote, on 04/09/08 16:21: >> * Arthur Marsh ([email protected]) wrote: >>> Package: iceweasel >>> Version: 3.0.1-1 >>> Severity: important >>> >>> >>> After installing kernel 2.6.27-rc5 and restarting I found iceweasel >>> creating a new *.default directory and giving me a fresh install: >>> >>> ~/.mozilla/firefox$ ls -al >>> total 20 >>> drwxr-xr-x 4 amarsh04 amarsh04 4096 2008-09-04 12:10 . >>> drwx------ 8 amarsh04 amarsh04 4096 2008-09-03 22:28 .. >>> drwx------ 7 amarsh04 amarsh04 4096 2008-09-04 12:13 igqi3kzb.default >>> drwxr-xr-x 3 amarsh04 amarsh04 4096 2008-09-04 11:38 odob3ox8.default >>> -rw-r--r-- 1 amarsh04 amarsh04 94 2008-09-04 12:10 profiles.ini >>> >>> I then deleted the newly created directory tree and created a symlink >>> to the old one: >>> >>> ~/.mozilla/firefox$ rm -r igqi3kzb.default >>> amars...@victoria:~/.mozilla/firefox$ ln -s odob3ox8.default >>> igqi3kzb.default >>> amars...@victoria:~/.mozilla/firefox$ ls -al >>> total 16 >>> drwxr-xr-x 3 amarsh04 amarsh04 4096 2008-09-04 12:29 . >>> drwx------ 8 amarsh04 amarsh04 4096 2008-09-03 22:28 .. >>> lrwxrwxrwx 1 amarsh04 amarsh04 16 2008-09-04 12:29 igqi3kzb.default >>> -> odob3ox8.default >>> drwxr-xr-x 6 amarsh04 amarsh04 4096 2008-09-04 12:35 odob3ox8.default >>> -rw-r--r-- 1 amarsh04 amarsh04 94 2008-09-04 12:10 profiles.ini >>> >>> I still had to reinstall add-ons after that. >>> >>> Is there any reason that iceweasel would create a new *.default >>> directory? >> >> What's in that profiles.ini file? >> > > It was pointing to the newly created igqi3kzb.default directory: > > amars...@victoria:~/.mozilla/firefox$ more profiles.ini > [General] > StartWithLastProfile=1 > > [Profile0] > Name=default > IsRelative=1 > Path=igqi3kzb.default > > amars...@victoria:~/.mozilla/firefox$ > > It appears that something either deleted or edited the original > profiles.ini. > > Is there a fixed algorithm to create the *.default directory name?
I'm honestly not sure what the algorithm is, it's probably something quasi-random. -- Eric Dorland <[email protected]> ICQ: #61138586, Jabber: [email protected]
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