Subject: [bug#51508] [PATCH 0/2] Update icedove to 91 branch

From: Jonathan Brielmaier <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2021 12:35:06 +0100

On 31.10.21 06:43, Mark H Weaver wrote:
> Hi Jonathan,
>
> Jonathan Brielmaier <[email-masked]> writes:
>> One big outstanding issue, is that thunderbird uses now the
>> ~/.thunderbird folder for the profiles. I did not get it using
>> ~/.icedove like before. So you need to migrate (copy) your profile. I
>> can live with that, who can't: have fun finding out how to get back the
>> old behaviour :)
>
> Here's a proposed patch that might be what's needed:
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> diff --git a/gnu/packages/gnuzilla.scm b/gnu/packages/gnuzilla.scm
> index 30b5d6544e..39d67641ff 100644
> --- a/gnu/packages/gnuzilla.scm
> +++ b/gnu/packages/gnuzilla.scm
> @@ -1687,6 +1687,9 @@ standards of the IceCat project.")
>                               "comm/suite/components/customizeToolbar.js")
>                  (("AppConstants.MOZ_APP_NAME (.)= \"thunderbird" _ e)
>                   (format #f "AppConstants.MOZ_APP_NAME ~a= \"icedove" e)))
> +             (substitute* "comm/suite/components/migration/src/nsThunderbirdProfileMigrator.cpp"
> +               (("\"Thunderbird\"") "\"Icedove\"")
> +               (("\"\\.thunderbird\"") "\".icedove\""))
>
>                ;; Override addon URLs and settings
>                (substitute* "comm/mail/app/profile/all-thunderbird.js"
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
> Would you like to test it?

Does not work for me. So icedove still looks up at .thunderbird.