Firefox 68 does not read configuration from /etc/firefox/pref

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

Firefox does not read configuration anymore from /etc/firefox/pref.

For example having a /etc/firefox/pref/autoconfig.js is not read on firefox start, only the system dedicated folder /usr/lib64/firefox/defaults/pref is parsed.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7.7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8.x
  • Firefox 68

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