Comment 28 for bug 457791

I can reproduce this issue quickly and easily on my system.

Steps to reproduce:

1) Either start from a new profile, or do a "Clear Recent History" with
   time range "Everything" and at least the "Cookies" box checked
   followed by running "sqlite3 cookies.sqlite vacuum".

2) Run "strings cookies.sqlite | grep -i google", and observe that no
   results appear.

3) Open Firefox, and visit google.com. Close Firefox.

4) Run "strings cookies.sqlite | grep -i google", and observe that some
   results appear, as expected.

5) Open Firefox. Do a "Clear Recent History" with time range
   "Everything" and at least the "Cookies" box checked. Close
   Firefox.

6) Run "strings cookies.sqlite | grep -i google", and observe that the
   results from step 4 still appear, despite having cleared cookies.