[Bug 241609] [NEW] Firefox 3 bookmarks lost after unclean shutdown

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Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: firefox-3.0

ubuntu 8.04, firefox 3.0+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1

Note: the following was an intentional experiment to (successfully) verify identical problems reported by 
two other users at our site
 
a) After an unclean shutdown of the machine (by switching off the power), and subsequent removal
of the stale lock file that firefox leaves behind, firefox 3 will start up, but WITHOUT ANY BOOKMARKS.

b) Tried the suggestions listed on http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Lost+Bookmarks#Restoring_bookmark_backups
but none of them worked

c) Actually, the attempt to restore bookmark backups, as described on the aforementioned website, consistently
resulted in the error "Unable to process the backup file".

d) The box has firefox 2 installed as well, using the same profile. Firefox 2 has NO PROBLEMS at all. Thus
this is a regression only affecting firefox 3

e) I could only restore the bookmarks in firefox 3 by deleting the
complete profile and restoring it from a nightly backup

The following list is the output of "diff -qr bad.firefox firefox", where bad.firefox has the non-working profile and
firefox is the good one restored from backup:
Only in firefox/b48x3vsr.default: blocklist.xml
Only in firefox/b48x3vsr.default/bookmarkbackups: bookmarks-2008-05-27.json
Only in firefox/b48x3vsr.default/bookmarkbackups: bookmarks-2008-06-11.html
Only in bad.firefox/b48x3vsr.default/bookmarkbackups: bookmarks-2008-06-20.html
Files bad.firefox/b48x3vsr.default/bookmarkbackups/bookmarks-2008-06-20.json and firefox/b48x3vsr.default/bookmarkbackups/bookmarks-2008-06-20.json differ
Only in bad.firefox/b48x3vsr.default: bookmarks_backup.html
Files bad.firefox/b48x3vsr.default/Cache/_CACHE_001_ and firefox/b48x3vsr.default/Cache/_CACHE_001_ differ
Files bad.firefox/b48x3vsr.default/Cache/_CACHE_003_ and firefox/b48x3vsr.default/Cache/_CACHE_003_ differ
Files bad.firefox/b48x3vsr.default/Cache/_CACHE_MAP_ and firefox/b48x3vsr.default/Cache/_CACHE_MAP_ differ
Files bad.firefox/b48x3vsr.default/compatibility.ini and firefox/b48x3vsr.default/compatibility.ini differ
Files bad.firefox/b48x3vsr.default/compreg.dat and firefox/b48x3vsr.default/compreg.dat differ
Files bad.firefox/b48x3vsr.default/cookies.sqlite and firefox/b48x3vsr.default/cookies.sqlite differ
Files bad.firefox/b48x3vsr.default/extensions.cache and firefox/b48x3vsr.default/extensions.cache differ
Only in firefox/b48x3vsr.default: extensions.ini
Files bad.firefox/b48x3vsr.default/extensions.rdf and firefox/b48x3vsr.default/extensions.rdf differ
Files bad.firefox/b48x3vsr.default/history.dat and firefox/b48x3vsr.default/history.dat differ
Only in bad.firefox/b48x3vsr.default: install.log
Files bad.firefox/b48x3vsr.default/localstore.rdf and firefox/b48x3vsr.default/localstore.rdf differ
Only in bad.firefox/b48x3vsr.default: localstore-safe.rdf
Files bad.firefox/b48x3vsr.default/places.sqlite and firefox/b48x3vsr.default/places.sqlite differ
Only in bad.firefox/b48x3vsr.default: places.sqlite-journal
Files bad.firefox/b48x3vsr.default/prefs.js and firefox/b48x3vsr.default/prefs.js differ
Files bad.firefox/b48x3vsr.default/secmod.db and firefox/b48x3vsr.default/secmod.db differ
Files bad.firefox/b48x3vsr.default/urlclassifier3.sqlite and firefox/b48x3vsr.default/urlclassifier3.sqlite differ
Files bad.firefox/b48x3vsr.default/XPC.mfasl and firefox/b48x3vsr.default/XPC.mfasl differ
Files bad.firefox/b48x3vsr.default/xpti.dat and firefox/b48x3vsr.default/xpti.dat differ
Files bad.firefox/b48x3vsr.default/XUL.mfasl and firefox/b48x3vsr.default/XUL.mfasl differ

** Affects: firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Firefox 3 bookmarks lost after unclean shutdown
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