139514 - sharing same profile under linux and windows

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 12911

(SeaMonkey :: UI Design, enhancement)

Description

[Segura M.]

From Bugzilla Helper:
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; WinNT4.0; en-US; rv:1.0rc1) Gecko/20020417
BuildID:    2002041711

- I would like to share the same mozilla profile under
Windows and Linux.
Windows connects to the HOME directory, on a Linux Samba server
Linux connects to the HOME directory with nfs.
The problem is that in pref.js, the file path names are not
using the same syntax:
    Windows: U:\Mozilla\xxx
    Linux: /home/users/username/Mozilla/xx

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.xx
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Expected Results:  Perhaps a solution could be:
1) allow the use of "/" characters in pref.js
2) allow the use of environment variables in pref.js:
   files and directories could be on the form:
   $HOME/mozilla/xxx

Comment 1

[Pete Boyd]

does bug 12911 have a bearing upon this?

Comment 2

[R.K.Aa.]

There's also spinoff bug 137006.
Personally I can't see a full share being possible.
What about the plugins dir? appreg? Cache? Font setup? Linefeeds? Helper apps?
Similar RFE's about sharing between Mac/Windows, VMS/OS/2 and whatever combo? 

Comment 3

[Pete Boyd]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 12911 ***

Comment 4

[Paul Wyskoczka]

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