Re: [tor-talk] "Your Firefox is out of date"

[Georg Koppen]

shirish शिरीष:
> at bottom :-
> 
> On 12/08/2016, Georg Koppen  wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>>
>> Ugh. There should be no need to redownload 6.0.3 again. Although you'd
>> need to reinstall the languague pack you'd used at least. So, all in all
>> it might be the easiest to use a fresh 6.0.3, alas. I am sorry about that.
>>
>> Georg
>>
>>
> 
> Hi Georg,
> 
> I should have been more clear. What has happened is while I  can see
> the addons in Tools > Addons , near the URL bar where there are icons,
> that space doesn't have much.  I have the URI locator, search-engine
> and then the drop-down menu thing which has things like Cut, Copy,
> Paste.
> 
> Is there a way to take backup of all the extensions (and data in
> extensions) and passwords and bookmarks ?

You could just backup your profile directory which is
tor-browser_en-US/Browser/TorBrowser/Data/Browser/profile.default and
contains all the things you mention.

That said, your issues are probably somehow caused by changes in that
directory, although I am not sure how. Thus, backing up that profile and
reimporting it in a new Tor Browser might not help much.

Georg

> This is where my tor browser lies
> 
> ─[$] alias tor
> 
> tor=/home/shirish/.local/share/torbrowser/tbb/x86_64/tor-browser_en-US/start-tor-browser
> 
> I would like to have minimum fuss happening. I'm ok with downloading
> the browser again.
> 
> I am using the english languagepack so that shouldn't be any different, right 
> .
> 




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Re: [tor-talk] "Your Firefox is out of date"

[shirish शिरीष]

at bottom :-

On 12/08/2016, Georg Koppen  wrote:



>
> Ugh. There should be no need to redownload 6.0.3 again. Although you'd
> need to reinstall the languague pack you'd used at least. So, all in all
> it might be the easiest to use a fresh 6.0.3, alas. I am sorry about that.
>
> Georg
>
>

Hi Georg,

I should have been more clear. What has happened is while I  can see
the addons in Tools > Addons , near the URL bar where there are icons,
that space doesn't have much.  I have the URI locator, search-engine
and then the drop-down menu thing which has things like Cut, Copy,
Paste.

Is there a way to take backup of all the extensions (and data in
extensions) and passwords and bookmarks ?

This is where my tor browser lies

─[$] alias tor

tor=/home/shirish/.local/share/torbrowser/tbb/x86_64/tor-browser_en-US/start-tor-browser

I would like to have minimum fuss happening. I'm ok with downloading
the browser again.

I am using the english languagepack so that shouldn't be any different, right .

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Re: [tor-talk] "Your Firefox is out of date"

[shirish शिरीष]

at bottom :-

On 12/08/2016, Georg Koppen  wrote:
> shirish शिरीष:
>> at bottom :-
>>
>> On 11/08/2016, Georg Koppen  wrote:
>>
>> 
>>
>>>
>>> Yes, this is bug 19890 and it should be fixed on Mozilla's side right
>>> now (I tested it a while ago): having a clean Tor Browser you won't get
>>> that warning anymore. To quote from the blog post update:
>>>
>>> """
>>> Update (August 11, 10:04 UTC): Starting from a couple of hours ago Tor
>>> Browser users might see a notification box in their browser claiming
>>> that Firefox is too old providing a button to get a newer one. This is
>>> both due to a server-side code change on Mozilla's side and an oversight
>>> by us during the ESR45 transition. Clicking on the "Get Firefox" button
>>> is save and leads the user to our Tor Browser download page. Needless to
>>> say, this whole behavior is highly confusing and we are apologizing for
>>> it. We are working on a fix as past as possible and hope to get Mozilla
>>> to exempt Tor Browser users from this feature while we are working on a
>>> new release. For technical details see our bug tracker.
>>> """
>>>
>>> We plan to release a new Tor Browser version shortly to address the
>>> issue from our side. As a workaround one can either install a new Tor
>>> Browser 6.0.3 version from our website or set
>>> `extensions.systemAddon.update.url` to `""` which should get rid of the
>>> out-of-date-extension the next time an extension update check gets
>>> performed. Again, we are sorry for the inconvenience.
>>>
>>> Georg
>>>
>>
>> Dear Georg,
>>
>> I tried and did as shared above, i.e. going ot about:config and
>> changing the value from the URL. I even tried updating the addons in
>> order to make the "Your Firefox is out of date" disappear but no
>> change.
>
> Yes, sorry, this was not a solution for immediate remedy. It should have
> solved the problem during the next ping for extension updates. Depending
> on when the last ping happened this can take up to 24 hours.
>
>> I looked at the bug-report and tried the second option shared therein -
>>
>> A solution --
>> Go to about:config/extensions.bootstrappedAddon
>> Reset the string Value to empty Value {}
>> Restart Tor browser.
>> The warning will not appear again.
>>
>> That worked.
>>
>> https://www.reddit.com/r/TOR/comments/4x8wwk/solution_for_the_false_warning_your_firefox_is/
>
> Thanks, and glad it helped in your case.
>
> Georg
>
>
>
>

Georg,

It did but it also took away all my extensions :( . I didn't backup
the extensions.bootstrappedAddon

Any idea what to do now other than downloading 6.0.3 and doing
everything from scratch :(

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Re: [tor-talk] "Your Firefox is out of date"

[Georg Koppen]

shirish शिरीष:
> at bottom :-
> 
> On 11/08/2016, Georg Koppen  wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>>
>> Yes, this is bug 19890 and it should be fixed on Mozilla's side right
>> now (I tested it a while ago): having a clean Tor Browser you won't get
>> that warning anymore. To quote from the blog post update:
>>
>> """
>> Update (August 11, 10:04 UTC): Starting from a couple of hours ago Tor
>> Browser users might see a notification box in their browser claiming
>> that Firefox is too old providing a button to get a newer one. This is
>> both due to a server-side code change on Mozilla's side and an oversight
>> by us during the ESR45 transition. Clicking on the "Get Firefox" button
>> is save and leads the user to our Tor Browser download page. Needless to
>> say, this whole behavior is highly confusing and we are apologizing for
>> it. We are working on a fix as past as possible and hope to get Mozilla
>> to exempt Tor Browser users from this feature while we are working on a
>> new release. For technical details see our bug tracker.
>> """
>>
>> We plan to release a new Tor Browser version shortly to address the
>> issue from our side. As a workaround one can either install a new Tor
>> Browser 6.0.3 version from our website or set
>> `extensions.systemAddon.update.url` to `""` which should get rid of the
>> out-of-date-extension the next time an extension update check gets
>> performed. Again, we are sorry for the inconvenience.
>>
>> Georg
>>
> 
> Dear Georg,
> 
> I tried and did as shared above, i.e. going ot about:config and
> changing the value from the URL. I even tried updating the addons in
> order to make the "Your Firefox is out of date" disappear but no
> change.

Yes, sorry, this was not a solution for immediate remedy. It should have
solved the problem during the next ping for extension updates. Depending
on when the last ping happened this can take up to 24 hours.

> I looked at the bug-report and tried the second option shared therein -
> 
> A solution --
> Go to about:config/extensions.bootstrappedAddon
> Reset the string Value to empty Value {}
> Restart Tor browser.
> The warning will not appear again.
> 
> That worked.
> 
> https://www.reddit.com/r/TOR/comments/4x8wwk/solution_for_the_false_warning_your_firefox_is/

Thanks, and glad it helped in your case.

Georg





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[tor-talk] "Your Firefox is out of date"

[Random User]

Hi, 

When opening Tor Browser 6.0.3 (GNU/Linux) just now, I was alarmed to
get the following message:

"Your Firefox is out of date. Please download a fresh copy.", along with
a button labeled, "Get Firefox". I did not click the button and will
wait before doing anything to hear from others about this.

I have been using Tor Browser for years now and do not recall ever
getting such a message before. It is clearly different from the normal
update messages.  

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