Re: Help! Strange FF/Iceweasel problem
Celejar(celejar@gmail.com) is reported to have said:
> On Fri, 13 Apr 2007 16:48:58 +0200
> Joe Hart <j.hart@orange.nl> wrote:
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> > KS wrote:
> > > Joe Hart wrote:
> > >> Dennis G. Wicks wrote:
> > >>> Any suggestions on how to stop this?
> > >>> Many TIA!
> > >>> Dennis
> > >>> *
> > >> Perhaps uninstalling (purging) the one you have and installing it again
> > >> will solve your problem.
> > >>
> > >> Joe
> > >>
> > >
> > > Not if the problems exists in his Iceweasel profile.
> > > /KS
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Perhaps you are correct, but isn't the idea of purge to get rid of all
> > the config files too? Does that not apply to files that may be in a
> > user's /home directory? If not, then by removing that directory (in
> > this case the .mozilla directory should do it, since reinstalling it
> > will recreate the directory.
> >
> > Joe
>
> I believe that purging doesn't remove files in $HOME; this was
> discussed sometime recently on the list. Right now I see at least one
> '.' directory in $HOME belonging to a package that I purged.
>
Think about what you would lose _if_ you delete .mozilla. Bookmarks
and passwords come to mind. Ask me how I know that.
wt
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