Using an older version of Firefox can corrupt bookmarks [...]
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(Toolkit :: Startup and Profile System, defect)
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(Reporter: rodmariano13, Unassigned)
Details
User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:70.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/70.0
Steps to reproduce:
Use:
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.
- Firefox 71 version installed by using 'apt upgrade' (with ppa:mozillateam/firefox-next).
Actual results:
I'm using Ubuntu 16.04. When I updated my Firefox from 70 version to 71 version using 'apt upgrade' (with ppa:mozillateam/firefox-next), Firefox does not open anymore, it just crashes. Firefox 71 just shows the following message: https://i.stack.imgur.com/jsDNG.png
I tried to downgrade my Firefox from 71 version to 70 version again, however now Firefox shows another message: "Using an older version of Firefox can corrupt bookmarks [...]". (https://i.stack.imgur.com/gAqMP.png)
I detailed it on Stack Over Flow: https://askubuntu.com/q/1185600/847050
Expected results:
I would like either Firefox 70 does not corrupt my bookmarks through downgrading or Firefox 71 works on Ubuntu 16.04.
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Comment 1•6 years ago
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This dialog is intentional to protect against the problems caused by running an older version of Firefox on a profile that has since migrated storage systems to a newer format.
(In reply to Dave Townsend [:mossop] (he/him) from comment #1)
This dialog is intentional to protect against the problems caused by running an older version of Firefox on a profile that has since migrated storage systems to a newer format.
Sure, but how could I fix it? Is there a way to downgrade my storage system to previous format? Or was Firefox 71 bug solved?
Thank you in advance.
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Comment 3•6 years ago
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(In reply to rodmariano13 from comment #2)
(In reply to Dave Townsend [:mossop] (he/him) from comment #1)
This dialog is intentional to protect against the problems caused by running an older version of Firefox on a profile that has since migrated storage systems to a newer format.
Sure, but how could I fix it? Is there a way to downgrade my storage system to previous format? Or was Firefox 71 bug solved?
The only supported way to migrate data to older versions of Firefox is via Sync
(In reply to Dave Townsend [:mossop] (he/him) from comment #3)
(In reply to rodmariano13 from comment #2)
(In reply to Dave Townsend [:mossop] (he/him) from comment #1)
This dialog is intentional to protect against the problems caused by running an older version of Firefox on a profile that has since migrated storage systems to a newer format.
Sure, but how could I fix it? Is there a way to downgrade my storage system to previous format? Or was Firefox 71 bug solved?
The only supported way to migrate data to older versions of Firefox is via Sync
Unfortunately I have one profile that I did not sync yet. If I could recover it again, it would be great.
Will Firefox 71 be supported by Ubuntu 16.04? If yes, is there a place I could follow the new releases?
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