80945 - installing netscape build overwrites existing bookmarks

Status: VERIFIED WORKSFORME

(SeaMonkey :: Installer, defect)

Description

[Mitch Green]

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

Comment 1

[Mitch Green]

Because of Bug 80746, I submitted from a different system than is causing the 
problem.  Changing platform and OS.  

BuildID should also read: 2001051408.

Comment 2

[Asa Dotzler [:asa]]

and this is marked Netscape Confidential because....?!

Comment 3

[Asa Dotzler [:asa]]

the ns confidential flag needs to be removed if this bug is going to remain open.

Comment 4

[Keyser Sose]

Moving and Marking NEW.

Comment 5

[Daniel Veditz [:dveditz]]

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.

Comment 6

[Grace Bush]

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

Comment 7

[Mitch Green]

Hong, can you please be sure we test for this?

Comment 8

[Grace Bush]

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

Comment 9

[Grace Bush]

verified