[tor-bugs] #27604 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Relocating the Tor Browser directory is broken with Tor Browser 8 on Linux

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#27604: Relocating the Tor Browser directory is broken with Tor Browser 8 on Linux
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 Reporter:  gk                                   |          Owner:  tbb-
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     Type:  defect                               |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium                               |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser             |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                               |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  tbb-8.0-issues, tbb-regression,      |  Actual Points:
  tbb-8.0.1-can                                  |
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Comment (by mcs):

 Kathy and I cannot reproduce the crash, but any action that causes the
 browser profile to be renamed or moved breaks things. The specific problem
 which we observed on both macOS and Linux is that Torbutton and Tor
 Launcher are not loaded after a rename or move.

 A workaround is to delete the `extensions.json` file, which contains full
 paths. Probably that file is supposed to be recreated automatically when
 the profile is moved. Webextensions do not seem to suffer the same fate
 even though extensions.json contains their paths as well (which are
 outdated after the profile move).

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