Hello Daniel, On Thu, Mar 09, 2017 at 02:53:50PM +0100, Daniel Baumann wrote: ... > thanks for the migration to thunderbird. however, there seems to be at > least two problems with the wrapper helper script: > > 1. proper migration not possible > > i had .icedove. then i migrated, so i got .thunderbird as a symlink > pointing to .icedove. > > after the migration when i ensured everything works, i want to get rid > of .icedove and just use .thunderbird only. so i removed the symlink and > renamed .icedove to .thunderbird. > > thunderbird then complains the migration not being done/finished and > it's not possible to use thunderbird at all unless one reverts to > .icedove (directory) and .thunderbird (symlink). > > > 2. unburden home directores not possible anymore > > before thunderbird, my .icedove was a symlink to another partition with > local storage (in order to unburden my home directory). > > now, with thunderbird, using .thunderbird as a symlink to pointing to > anything but .icedove doesn't work anymore. > > would be nice if both things could get fixed.
yes, unfortunately we know the issues that are introduced with the upload of 1:45.7.1-2. See also #857029 and #857032. It will be fixed by the next upload. Booth points you mentioned will and must be possible. Regards Carsten