Hello world,
This problem is sticking for a year now. We even switched to ESR thinking it will fixed the problem but to no avail.
After a bunch of test, I've finally dec… (read more)
Hello world,
This problem is sticking for a year now. We even switched to ESR thinking it will fixed the problem but to no avail.
After a bunch of test, I've finally decided to post and ask for help.
Tests have been done on macos 11.6 fresh vanilla install, no encryption (no filevault, I hate it), and Firefox 91.1.0esr (64 bits), but problem is the same since version 75 + (no problem seen on windows or linux)
If I don't use Profiles Manager, at each launch of Firefox a new profile is created with no import from former profiles.
If I do use Profiles Manager, I can keep on choosing my default profile, and no new ones are created, BUT new install is added to install.ini and profiles.ini.
All tests have been done with the exact same firefox (i mean, application is the same and correctly installed in the /Applications of macos).
Here is the profiles.ini
[Install5A291CFD23D97DBF]
Default=Profiles/ucaeqkrb.default-esr
Locked=1
[Profile0]
Name=default-esr
IsRelative=1
Path=Profiles/ucaeqkrb.default-esr
Default=1
[General]
StartWithLastProfile=0
Version=1
[InstallF5B6C4E8673B7987]
Default=Profiles/ucaeqkrb.default-esr
Locked=1
[Install7F9608401B386673]
Default=Profiles/ucaeqkrb.default-esr
Locked=1
And the installs.ini
[5A291CFD23D97DBF]
Default=Profiles/ucaeqkrb.default-esr
Locked=1
[F5B6C4E8673B7987]
Default=Profiles/ucaeqkrb.default-esr
Locked=1
[7F9608401B386673]
Default=Profiles/ucaeqkrb.default-esr
Locked=1
As you can see each launch of Firefox created a new hash of installation (even if same it's always the same firefox version). As long as I choose my default profile in profiles manager, I can keep it.
If I switch to default comportment, I will get a new profile at each launch (as it see en new install hash) and it will not import former profiles (even if it's from the same or an older version).
So I'm wandering, why Firefox keeps on adding a news install hash on each launch, and/or how can I prevent it from doing it.