130269 - cross-OS(?) bookmarks file import fails

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 56923

(SeaMonkey :: Bookmarks & History, defect)

Description

[Matt Drew]

From Bugzilla Helper:
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:0.9.9) Gecko/20020311
BuildID:    2002031104

A bookmarks.html file generated in Linux Mozilla 0.9.9 (Chris's RPMs) does not
import on the Win2k version.  Could be a cross-platform problem or an issue with
the file.  Verified that importing/exporting works in Win2k otherwise, it is
just this specific file.  Method of file transfer is:

Linux (RH7.2 current) -> smbclient -> Win2k remote file share -> import

I have verified that the file does not import, regardless of the state of the
bookmarks section (empty, full, clicked on bookmark, everything I can think of).
 No data loss, file is not harmed, just doesn't import.  I have not re-exported
the file yet, and I have not tested transferring the bookmark file the other way
yet.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Export bookmarks to bookmarks.html on Linux
2. Use smbclient to "put" the file on a Win2k file share
3. Reboot into Win2k and attempt to import file from fileshare

Actual Results:  no response from import command, no bookmarks imported, no errors.

Expected Results:  bookmarks should be imported and added to the bookmarks list.

RH7.2 current
Win2k SP2 + security roll-up patch as of last week

Comment 1

[Matt Drew]

Attachment: the offending bookmarks.html

Comment 2

[Matt Drew]

Okay, isolated it a bit more:

Linux 0.9.9 -> Linux 0.9.8 works fine
Linux 0.9.9 -> Windows 0.9.8 works fine (local file)
Linux 0.9.9 -> Linux 0.9.9 works fine
Linux 0.9.9 -> Windows 0.9.9 works fine (local file, 98 and 2k SP1)

The only failure occurs in Windows 2000 when trying to import a bookmark file
from a network share (i.e., nonlocal).  This was reproduceable on Win2k only,
Win98 0.9.9 import was fine across the network share.  Downgrading to "minor,
bizarre but reproduceable", possibly a Windows bug.  Linux and Win2k generated
bookmarks.html files were both fine.

Comment 3

[Chris Lyon]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 56923 ***