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
