[tor-bugs] #2268 [EFF-HTTPS Everywhere]: https-everywhere no clobber option!

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#2268: https-everywhere no clobber option!
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  Reporter:  rosc2112              |       Owner:  pde   
      Type:  defect                |      Status:  closed
  Priority:  normal                |   Milestone:        
 Component:  EFF-HTTPS Everywhere  |     Version:        
Resolution:  invalid               |    Keywords:        
    Parent:                        |  
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Changes (by rransom):

  * status:  new => closed
  * resolution:  => invalid


Comment:

 Firefox replaces the contents of an extension's directory whenever it
 updates the extension.  There is nothing that the authors of HTTPS
 Everywhere can do to prevent this.

 If you are only adding new rules to HTTPS Everywhere, put your ruleset
 files in the `HTTPSEverywhereUserRules` directory, which is not clobbered
 when HTTPS Everywhere is updated or reinstalled.

 If you are making other changes to HTTPS Everywhere, there are at least
 three options:

  * store your changes in a Git repository, use the provided Makefile to
 build a new XPI, and install your XPIs manually;
  * store your changes in another directory, install your modified
 extension by copying the contents of your HTTPS Everywhere directory into
 the Firefox HTTPS Everywhere extension directory, and ''never'' allow
 Firefox to update HTTPS Everywhere; or
  * store your changes in another directory, put a text file containing the
 path to your HTTPS Everywhere directory in the Firefox extensions
 directory, and ''never'' allow Firefox to update HTTPS Everywhere.

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