We added the symlink because others we having issues with extensions that still tried to use the old profile folder. Your old profile should still be in .thunderbird if .thunderbird.upstream was never created.
On 04/18/2010 12:31 PM, rschlitz wrote: > As others my configuration files were completely wiped out in the > amd64 version. Also symlink is created each time Thunderbird is > started: .mozilla-thunderbird -> /home/user/.thunderbird > > A .thunderbird.upstream sub-directory never appeared in the home > directory. > > This is quite bad form, even if it is a beta, since recovery seems > almost impossible. Perhaps Thunderbird needs an auto-backup for > the configuration files. > -- Thunderbird will not launch due to a recursive symlink https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/563893 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
