[tor-bugs] #31457 [Applications/Tor Browser]: disable per-installation profiles

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Wed Sep 4 13:39:22 UTC 2019


#31457: disable per-installation profiles
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 Reporter:  mcs                                  |          Owner:  tbb-
                                                 |  team
     Type:  defect                               |         Status:
                                                 |  needs_review
 Priority:  Medium                               |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser             |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                               |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  ff68-esr, tbb-9.0-must-alpha,        |  Actual Points:
  TorBrowserTeam201909R                          |
Parent ID:                                       |         Points:  0.25
 Reviewer:                                       |        Sponsor:
                                                 |  Sponsor44-can
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Changes (by mcs):

 * keywords:  ff68-esr, tbb-9.0-must-alpha, TorBrowserTeam201909 =>
     ff68-esr, tbb-9.0-must-alpha, TorBrowserTeam201909R
 * status:  new => needs_review


Comment:

 Replying to [comment:5 mcs]:
 > We may also be able to disable this by adding the following to our
 .mozconfig files (but I have not tried yet):
 >  ac_add_options "MOZ_DEDICATED_PROFILES="

 The above does not work. It seems that options that are defined using
 `project_flag` cannot be overridden easily... or at least Kathy and I
 could not figure out how to do so via .mozconfig. Here is a patch that
 changes the default value:

 https://gitweb.torproject.org/user/brade/tor-
 browser.git/commit/?h=bug31457-01&id=646a7e897d3b313fadc37b52b147cc85dbd53fad

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