in testing the xpcshell tests on Fennec, I run into this case where all tests appear to fail: test_places/autocomplete/test_special_search.js What happens is we add bookmarks, then search using characters like ^, *, +. We don't seem to be returning anything. For instructions on how to run xpcshell tests on fennec, please visit: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Mobile/Fennec_Xpcshell

moving to toolkit/places as this is for a specific test, not a test harness or fennec.

Those just determine which query we use. * is for searching bookmarks, + is for searching tags, and I think ^ is for searching typed entries.

yeah, actually it's not possible to search restriction chars. not sure what to do about that, apart from picking better chars more unlikely to change the search results.