Ubuntu
apport package

ubuntu-bug no longer understands -p

Bug #356755 reported by Brian Murray
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apport (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
High
Martin Pitt
Nominated for Karmic by Սահակ

Bug Description

Binary package hint: apport

ubuntu-bug was updated to support just a single command line option which is great, however as a result of this now 'ubuntu-bug -p xorg' no longer works at all. This is an unfortunate change because the bug filing instructions for multiple packages:

bughelper.txt: $ ubuntu-bug -p bughelper
kubuntu-restricted-extras.txt: $ ubuntu-bug -p ubuntu-restricted-extras
linux-meta.txt: ubuntu-bug -p linux
linux.txt: ubuntu-bug -p $packagename
openoffice.txt: ubuntu-bug -p $packagename
openoffice.txt.~1~:ubuntu-bug -p $packagename
openoffice.txt.~2~:ubuntu-bug -p $packagename
template.txt: $ ubuntu-bug -p $packagename
xorg.txt: $ ubuntu-bug -p $packagename

All indicate that the ubuntu-bug command should work with the -p switch. While they could all be updated the new command 'ubuntu-bug -p apport' wouldn't work on Hardy which people still file bugs from would require the '-p' switch. Subsequently, the ability to use the '-p' switch should be added back to ubuntu-bug and when Hardy is no longer supported the bug filing instructions could be updated and the '-p' switch dropped.

Brian Murray (brian-murray)
Changed in apport (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → pitti
importance: Undecided → High
Martin Pitt (pitti)
Changed in apport (Ubuntu):
status: New → In Progress
Martin Pitt (pitti)
Changed in apport (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package apport - 1.0-0ubuntu2

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apport (1.0-0ubuntu2) jaunty; urgency=low

  * backends/packaging-apt-dpkg.py: Add missing shutil import.
  * debian/local/ubuntu-bug: Filter out -p and -P, for backwards calling
    compatibility. (LP: #356755)

 -- Martin Pitt <email address hidden> Mon, 06 Apr 2009 23:04:39 -0700

Changed in apport (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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Սահակ (petrosyan) wrote :

this bug is still present in apport-1.9.1-0ubuntu2, in Ubuntu 9.10

Changed in apport (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Released → Confirmed
Martin Pitt (pitti)
Changed in apport (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Triaged
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Marco Rodrigues (gothicx) wrote :

I can confirm it.

$ ubuntu-bug -p apport
Usage: /usr/bin/ubuntu-bug <pid>|<symptom name>|<package name>|<program path>|<.crash file>

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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

I'll add the backwards-compatibility option back to the ubuntu branch. But over time we still need to update the documentation to drop -p. Where are those .txt files? These are the bug filing instructions in Launchpad? (Now that +filebug was disabled for most people, this is hopefully a bit less relevant)

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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

ubuntu branch r1550

Changed in apport (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Fix Committed
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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote :

Yes, those are from the bug filing instructions in Launchpad for those specific packages. I believe that only Hardy requires the '-p' option so after the next LTS comes out we could remove the '-p' from package bug filing instructions.

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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote : Re: [Bug 356755] Re: ubuntu-bug no longer understands -p

Brian Murray [2009-09-29 15:47 -0000]:
> I believe that only Hardy requires the '-p' option

Confirmed.

> so after the next LTS comes out we could remove the '-p' from
> package bug filing instructions.

Agreed. Thanks!

--
Martin Pitt | http://www.piware.de
Ubuntu Developer (www.ubuntu.com) | Debian Developer (www.debian.org)

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package apport - 1.9.2-0ubuntu1

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apport (1.9.2-0ubuntu1) karmic; urgency=low

  * New upstream bug fix release:
    - apport-cli: Print the URL and ask whether to open a browser. In many
      situations (such as usage on a server through ssh), it's preferable to not
      open the browser on the reporting computer. Thanks to Matt Zimmerman for the
      initial patch! (LP: #286415)
    - general-hooks/generic.py: Collect important glib errors/assertions (which
      should not have private data) from ~/.xsession-errors (LP: #431807)
    - launchpad.py: Link hardware data submission key if it exists. (LP: #424382)
    - apport-cli: Fix crash with non-ASCII characters in prompts.
    - Fix "apport-bug symptomname" to actually work.
    - launchpad.py: Fix crash on invalid credentials file. Thanks to Marco
      Rodrigues for the initial patch! (LP: #414055)
  * man/apport-bug.1: Document APPORT_IGNORE_OBSOLETE_PACKAGES (cherrypicked
    from trunk), and APPORT_STAGING (Ubuntu specific change, since it's a
    launchpad backend specific variable).
  * bin/apport-bug: Ignore -p option when giving two arguments, to keep
    compatibility with current bug filing instructions. (LP: #356755)
  * debian/copyright: Update copyright year and fix GPL link, thanks Marco
    Rodrigues!

 -- Martin Pitt <email address hidden> Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:25:58 +0200

Changed in apport (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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