[tor-bugs] #18904 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Mac OS: meek-http-helper profile not updated

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#18904: Mac OS: meek-http-helper profile not updated
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 Reporter:  mcs                             |          Owner:  mcs
     Type:  defect                          |         Status:
 Priority:  Medium                          |  needs_information
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser        |      Milestone:
 Severity:  Normal                          |        Version:
 Keywords:  ff45-esr, TorBrowserTeam201605  |     Resolution:
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Comment (by gk):

 To recap: the problem exists because the updater is not reaching that part
 anymore and thus, there is no way to get a newer meek extension and prefs
 file to the user, right?

 While thinking about your solution it occurred to me that the profile
 would get overwritten every time the user had chosen to use meek because
 that causes the profile dir getting used and thus the checksum is not
 matching anymore. Is that intended?

 Is there a way to get the Tor Browser version from meek-client-torbrowser
 code? Probably, I guess. Couldn't we force-update the profile dir instead
 in case a new Tor Browser version got installed?

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