1227353 - Replace _CACHE_CLEAN_ symlink in TB's profile

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Toolkit :: Startup and Profile System, defect)

Description

[Ulf Zibis]

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:42.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/42.0
Build ID: 20151030083932

Steps to reproduce:

Move TB's profile to another location, e.g. to another partition for sharing the profile between Windows and Ubuntu by referring to a NTFS partition via symlink.


Actual results:

_CACHE_CLEAN_ symlink in TB's profile becomes invalid.


Expected results:

Find another solution to refer to the _CACHE_CLEAN_ file in TB's cache.
It seems, that in Firefox the found another solution, as in it's profile there is no such symlink to it's cache.

The invalid link may be cause of bug 929406.

Comment 1

[Ulf Zibis]

Same problem with folder symlink "safebrowsing".

Comment 3

[Jennifer211]

Replacing the _CACHE_CLEAN_ symlink in Thunderbird's profile directory is a troubleshooting step to fix issues caused by cache corruption or sluggish performance. This symlink points to a temporary cache directory used by Thunderbird. By replacing it, you refresh the cache, which can resolve problems like slow behavior. To do this, close Thunderbird, locate your profile directory (typically found in AppData/Roaming on Windows or Library on Mac), find and delete the _CACHE_CLEAN_ symlink, then recreate it pointing to a new empty directory. Restart Thunderbird to let it recreate necessary cache files, potentially improving performance.

Comment 4

[Dave Townsend [:mossop]]

As far as I can tell CACHE_CLEAN is no longer in use.