In article <x7fyz2aqmj.fsf@bonnet.wsrcc.com>,
	"Wolfgang S. Rupprecht" <wolfgang+gnus20050311T115429@dailyplanet.dontspam.wsrcc.com> writes:
> It seems that 1) firefox has some machine or os dependent crap in the
> config directory and 2) it also appears to ether have some
> version-specific crap in there, (or perhaps it just retains bad state
> from some previous crash.)  In any case periodic deletions of the
> config directory might be in order.

"Version-specific crap", yes. The package build ends with a stern warning
to delete "compreg.dat" from your profile directory..., which could be
easily overlooked, and which you might not see at all if you're not the
administrator who installed it. The firefox folks really should fix that.

-- 
Frederick