Re:Update: Looking Glass Add-On
by jacquesm on Tuesday December 19, 2017 @12:01AM
(#15957886)
I realise the timeline is a bit confusing by now but here is the complete sequence:
- install Ubuntu
- remove OS supplied Firefox package
- install Firefox ESR
- have a 'surprise upgrade'
- re-install Firefox ESR
- have another 'surprise upgrade'
- install Firefox ESR in my homedir
- symlink it from /usr/bin
So now if it pulls any other tricks I can restore the symlink and call it a day, but for now it looks as if that last move did the trick because since I did that (and dropped all FF domains in through /etc/hosts) it has not done any more upgrades, though there is a chance that it attempted to do that.
The one saving grace in the whole story is that at least the plug-ins that got forcibly removed/disabled had their data survive the whole ordeal.
- install Ubuntu - remove OS supplied Firefox package - install Firefox ESR - have a 'surprise upgrade' - re-install Firefox ESR - have another 'surprise upgrade' - install Firefox ESR in my homedir - symlink it from /usr/bin
So now if it pulls any other tricks I can restore the symlink and call it a day, but for now it looks as if that last move did the trick because since I did that (and dropped all FF domains in through /etc/hosts) it has not done any more upgrades, though there is a chance that it attempted to do that.
The one saving grace in the whole story is that at least the plug-ins that got forcibly removed/disabled had their data survive the whole ordeal.