[tbb-bugs] #15857 [Tor Browser]: Strange errors with full Linux update when disk records are enabled

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#15857: Strange errors with full Linux update when disk records are enabled
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     Reporter:  mikeperry    |      Owner:  tbb-team
         Type:  defect       |     Status:  needs_information
     Priority:  normal       |  Milestone:
    Component:  Tor Browser  |    Version:
   Resolution:               |   Keywords:  TorBrowserTeam201505R
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Comment (by mcs):

 Replying to [comment:8 gk]:
 > Sounds good to me. But what bothers me is why we are touching this part
 of the user profile at all. The extensions directory, granted. But all the
 other things should be left alone IMO.

 When using "staging" (aka "apply an update and then ask the user to
 restart their browser"), the updater makes a recursive copy of everything
 before it tries to apply an update.  We could try to be selective and not
 copy the parts that are purely user data, but that would be a little
 tricky (we would have to move things into the right places at the right
 time, and there is no code in Mozilla's updater to do that since their
 profile data is elsewhere).

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