Closed Bug 80945 Opened 23 years ago Closed 23 years ago

installing netscape build overwrites existing bookmarks

Categories

(SeaMonkey :: Installer, defect)

PowerPC
Mac System 9.x
defect
Not set
normal

Tracking

(Not tracked)

VERIFIED WORKSFORME

People

(Reporter: mitch, Assigned: ssu0262)

Details

(Keywords: dataloss)

From Bugzilla Helper:
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.77 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U)
BuildID:    2001051420

Performing clean in stall of N6.1 overwrites my profiles bookmarks.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. install N6.1 daily build
2. modify bookmarks
3. uninstall N6.1 daily build
4. re-install N6.1 daily build
5. look at bookmarks, notice they're empty
Because of Bug 80746, I submitted from a different system than is causing the 
problem.  Changing platform and OS.  

BuildID should also read: 2001051408.
OS: Windows 2000 → Mac System 9.x
Hardware: PC → Macintosh
and this is marked Netscape Confidential because....?!
the ns confidential flag needs to be removed if this bug is going to remain open.
Group: netscapeconfidential?
Moving and Marking NEW.
Assignee: ben → ssu
Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Component: Bookmarks → Installer
Ever confirmed: true
Keywords: dataloss
QA Contact: claudius → gemal
QA Contact: gemal → gbush
I doubt this is an install problem, we just slap down the files that the build 
team puts in the package. AFAIK the installer doesn't know anything about 
profiles, so its hard to believe we could reach in and zap them.

Maybe the profile (migration?) system has gone mad.
Mitch, 
Can you try this on a more recent build?  To remigrate a 4.x profile, you will 
need to remove Documents folder on hard drive and Mozilla Registry in 
hard_drive:system folder:preferences.
Do you have only one 4.x profile?

thanks
Hong, can you please be sure we test for this?
tested on branch build 2001091405
using steps below
unable to reproduce using migrated or new profile (added bookmarks to both)

marking worksforme,
please reopen if this recurs
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 23 years ago
Resolution: --- → WORKSFORME
verified
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
Product: Browser → Seamonkey
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