Import of bookmarks fails to import subfolders

Bug #223408 reported by tjod
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Mozilla Firefox
Expired
Medium
firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Undecided
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: firefox-3.0

I saved (exported) my Firefox 2.0.14 [working] bookmarks before installing Ubuntu 8.04 and Firefox. When I import that bookmarks.thml file, all of the first level folder and bookmarks are correctly imported, but all of the first level folders are totally empty. The situation does not change after restarting Firefox or rebooting Ubuntu

Using released 8.04 Ubuntu with no updates, and Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9b5) Gecko/2008041514 Firefox/3.0b5

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Apr 27 19:07:11 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: firefox-3.0 3.0~b5+nobinonly-0ubuntu3
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox-3.0
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-16-generic i686

Tags: apport-bug
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tjod (tjod) wrote :
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John Vivirito (gnomefreak) wrote :

I had this issue when manully moving the .html to the profile for ff but i used import in the organize bookmarks screena nd they imported perfectly, by the sounds of your issue you are using the import feature is this correct?

Changed in firefox-3.0:
status: New → Incomplete
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tjod (tjod) wrote :

I used the Import feature from inside "Organize Bookmarks"

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Quinty (rene-davidrezen) wrote :

I just updated my version without importing manually. I see the same issue.

tjod (tjod)
Changed in firefox-3.0:
status: Incomplete → Confirmed
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Swader (swade2569) wrote :

Same thing here. I posted the issue in the now-closed question 33410

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In , Swader (swade2569) wrote :

User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9b5) Gecko/2008050509 Firefox/3.0b5
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9b5) Gecko/2008050509 Firefox/3.0b5

I am unable to import bookmarks that exist within the Bookmarks Toolbar in FF 2, everything after the second level of folders fails to import.

Prior to import:
Bookmarks Toolbar
>Games
>WoW
>>World of Warcraft
>>WoW Wiki
>CoH
>>City of Heroes Official Site

After import:

Bookmarks Toolbar
>Games
>WoW
>CoH

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. In FF 2, create folders within Bookmarks Toolbar 2 levels deep: Folder1, Folder1.1
2. Add a link to the last folder in the tree.
3. Open FF3 and import.
Actual Results:
Anything within Folder1.1 fails to import

Expected Results:
I should have had the links in the embedded folder.

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Alexander Sack (asac) wrote : Re: [Bug 223408] Re: Import of bookmarks fails to import subfolders

On Fri, Jun 06, 2008 at 02:32:12AM -0000, Swader wrote:
> Same thing here. I posted the issue in the now-closed question 33410
>

Please go to bugzilla.mozilla.org and see if you can find a bug id for
this issue. I am sure its already reported there. Let us know about
your findings.

 affects firefox
 status incomplete

 - Alexander

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Swader (swade2569) wrote :

I did not find the bug.

I added it:

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=437621

Alexander Sack (asac)
Changed in firefox:
importance: Undecided → Unknown
status: Incomplete → Unknown
Changed in firefox:
status: Unknown → New
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In , Dietrich-mozilla (dietrich-mozilla) wrote :

for your step 3 "Open FF3 and import.", do you mean that you're running Fx3 for the first time? or that you're importing manually via the Bookmarks Library?

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In , Swader (swade2569) wrote :

I am importing manually. When I ran Fx3 the first time, it didn't import the subfolders correctly either, which led me to attempt it manually.

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In , Xtc4uall (xtc4uall) wrote :

this is fully WFM with Firefox/3.0.1 ID:2008070208
i tried:
* putting Fx2 bookmarks.html in Fx3 profile (there with no places.sqlite) -> ok
* file import of the Fx2 bookmark items into an existing Fx3 profile -> ok

@Reporter: do you still encounter your issue using the latest Firefox 3 version?
you can get a copy of it here: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all.html
if not, please close this bug as WORKSFORME. thank you.

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In , Mak77 (mak77) wrote :

no answer, resolving incomplete, feel free to reopen if you can provide further
informations or reproduce with current version

Changed in firefox:
status: New → Invalid
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Martin Mai (mrkanister-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

Upstream marked as "invalid" because they got no answer from the submitter. Closing the bug.

Changed in firefox-3.0:
status: Confirmed → Invalid
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In , Gervase Markham (gerv-mozilla) wrote :

Bug 451915 - move Firefox/Places bugs to Firefox/Bookmarks and History. Remove all bugspam from this move by filtering for the string "places-to-b-and-h".

In Thunderbird 3.0b, you do that as follows:
Tools | Message Filters
Make sure the correct account is selected. Click "New"
Conditions: Body contains places-to-b-and-h
Change the action to "Delete Message".
Select "Manually Run" from the dropdown at the top.
Click OK.

Select the filter in the list, make sure "Inbox" is selected at the bottom, and click "Run Now". This should delete all the bugspam. You can then delete the filter.

Gerv

Changed in firefox:
importance: Unknown → Medium
status: Invalid → Expired
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In , Danemer (danemer) wrote :

Both recent Firefox versions (18.0.1 and.2) do not import all bookmarks from all folders from IE8.
Some Bookmark folders (all imported from my favorites folder in IE8) are completely empty and some are only partially filled.

Tried several ways to import (+ or - cookies, History, etc.) but nothing matters.
Same thing happened trying to import from an html file I saved to my Desktop PC in "My Documents" from IE8.

Firefox is also unnecessarily adding ".url" to each and every Bookmark it successfully imports.

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In , Mak77 (mak77) wrote :

bug 537930 and bug 829995?

Note that you are commenting on a resolved bug, that is quite always the wrong way to report issues.

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In , Danemer (danemer) wrote :

Then why does it state "Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE" at the top of this page?
1) The browsers mentioned above are F# NOT f18.0.1 OR.2
2) SADLY FOR YOU PEOPLE,IT APPEARS TO ME THAT YOU ARE MAKING IT WA-A-AY TO HARD ON YOUR DEDICATED USERS TO COME UP WITH ANY APPRECIABLE AND USER-FRIENDLY SOLUTIONS TO ISSUES THEY ARE HAVING WITH YOUR BROWSERS!!!
3) I have been using your browsers since version 10.
4) Perhaps you do not appreciate us and therefore we should just go elsewhere for our browser needs!!!

THANKS FOR WASTING MY TIME!!!

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In , Lars-gusowski (lars-gusowski) wrote :
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