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  "publishedAt": "2026-04-19T14:20:40.000Z",
  "site": "http://forum.palemoon.org",
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    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rsync"
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  "textContent": "**Operating system** : (Debian) Linux\n**Browser version** : All\nHi, is there a dedicated Linux subthread?\ni install new browser versions by simply extracting the *.tar.xz achives (of Firefox, PaleMoon and Basilisk) into a \"Portable\" folder and copying the profile folder (from the previous version) into it.\nSome days later (when no serious problems with the new version occur) i then delete one of the older versions folder.\nThe issue arises when i clone my ~/home folder to another ssd with **rsync** (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rsync):\nrsync offers a **--delete** option which (usually) permits an exact cloning of a directory. But for a few subdirectories of (**firefox,**) Basilisk and Pale Monn rsync isn't able to delete some special folders, which do contain .parentlock, .metadata or .metadata-v2 files:\n- Palemoon-34.x/Profile/storage/permanent/chrome\n- Palemoon-34.x/Profile/storage/permanent/indexeddb+++fx-devtools\n- Palemoon-34.x/fonts\nCurrent example:\n\nCODE:\n\n\n    cannot delete non-empty directory: Portable/Palemoon-34.0/fontsdeleting Portable/Palemoon-34.0/fonts/cannot delete non-empty directory: Portable/Palemoon-34.0/Profile/storage/permanent/indexeddb+++fx-devtoolsdeleting Portable/Palemoon-34.0/Profile/storage/permanent/indexeddb+++fx-devtools/cannot delete non-empty directory: Portable/Palemoon-34.0/Profile/storage/permanent/chromedeleting Portable/Palemoon-34.0/Profile/storage/permanent/chrome/cannot delete non-empty directory: Portable/Palemoon-34.0/Profile/storage/permanentdeleting Portable/Palemoon-34.0/Profile/storage/permanent/cannot delete non-empty directory: Portable/Palemoon-34.0/Profile/storagedeleting Portable/Palemoon-34.0/Profile/storage/cannot delete non-empty directory: Portable/Palemoon-34.0/Profiledeleting Portable/Palemoon-34.0/Profile/cannot delete non-empty directory: Portable/Palemoon-34.0cannot delete non-empty directory: Portable/Palemoon-34.1/fonts\n\nRemark: yes, the (pairwise) order of the messages is somewhat strange. (The Palemoon-34.**1/Profile** folder is still present!)\n\nThese three folders, and it behaves identically for the three mentioned browsers.\n**Really no a big deal** - as i boot into the backup systems regularly an delete the old folders manually. But maybe it's possible to optimize some (obviously mozilla-inherited) linux-code.\nHave a nice sunday!\n\n* * *",
  "title": "Browser Support • MINOR "issue" on Linux; Pale Moon and Basilisk",
  "updatedAt": "2026-04-19T14:20:40.000Z"
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