As of Thunderbird 16, Thunderbird is apparently back to looking in /usr/lib/thunderbird/defaults/pref and ignoring /etc/thunderbird/pref. (At least, strace'ing can find no attempts by Thunderbird to look in /etc/thunderbird for anything). No mention of this is made in the changelog.
This is incredibly annoying from a site configuration standpoint. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/638211 Title: Thunderbird prefs file references /usr/lib/thunderbird which doesn't exist To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/+bug/638211/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs