[tbb-bugs] #29790 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Add build option to store profile in HOME directory

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#29790: Add build option to store profile in HOME directory
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     Reporter:  boklm                     |      Owner:  tbb-team
         Type:  task                      |     Status:  new
     Priority:  Medium                    |  Milestone:
    Component:  Applications/Tor Browser  |    Version:
     Severity:  Normal                    |   Keywords:
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 On Windows and Linux, we currently include the profile inside the Tor
 Browser bundle directory. However, this does not work if we want to
 install Tor Browser in a read-only directory (for instance somewhere in
 /usr).

 We added the --enable-tor-browser-data-outside-app-dir option (which we
 currently use on macOS), to be able to store the profile in a TorBrowser-
 Data directory outside the bundle directory, to avoid codesigning issues
 on macOS. However, I think it is not currently possible to select where
 the TorBrowser-Data directory is located.

 On the tor-packagers mailing list, Thomas Klausner suggested a patch to be
 able to store the profile in the HOME directory:
 https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-
 packagers/2019-March/000060.html

 However, I am not sure if the patch is enough, or if more things are
 needed to handle updates correctly.

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