Closed Bug 102540 Opened 23 years ago Closed 23 years ago

Absolute paths prevent profile transplantation: prefs.js and panacea.dat

Categories

(MailNews Core :: Backend, defect)

x86
Linux
defect
Not set
normal

Tracking

(Not tracked)

VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 12911

People

(Reporter: gerv, Assigned: mscott)

Details

It is extremely useful to be able to copy the contents of a profile from one .slt directory to another, and have it Just Work. I need to do this when my profile get damaged in some way. Ideally, all the paths stored in the files inside the profiles should be relative. However, mail stores absolute paths in the following places: a) Throughout the file panacea.dat b) In the following pref keys: mail.directory mail.imap.root_dir mail.newsrc_root mail.root.imap mail.root.nntp mail.root.none news.directory mail.server.serverX.directory mail.server.serverX.newsrc.file (for multiple values of X) CCing shaver, as I seem to remember him saying that always using relative paths was a goal. Gerv
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 12911 ***
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 23 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
vrfy dupe. if this isn't a dupe of that bug, it's a dupe of bug 99030 which is currently a dupe of that bug.
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
Product: MailNews → Core
Product: Core → MailNews Core
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