apport reports suspend/resume failure twice on boot (apportcheckresume)

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

bdmurray@blacklightning:~$ ls -lh /var/crash/
total 2.3M
-rw-r----- 1 root whoopsie 1.2M Oct 13 12:50 susres.2014-10-13_12:48:47.090538.crash
-rw-r----- 1 root whoopsie 1.2M Oct 13 12:50 susres.2014-10-13_12:48:47.119012.crash

I've recreated this more than one time by draining the battery completely.

Theory: Both the upstart job and the init.d script run on boot.

The problem is that /etc/init.d/apport sets "PATH=/bin" which breaks /lib/lsb/init-functions.d/01-upstart-lsb: It cannot find initctl in /bin, so it actually does run the init.d file. Hence both that and the upstart job call apportcheckresume in parallel.

Fixed in trunk r2869.

This would also cause "/usr/share/apport/kernel_crashdump" to run multiple times and create multiple .crash files.

This bug was fixed in the package apport - 2.14.7-0ubuntu8

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apport (2.14.7-0ubuntu8) utopic; urgency=medium

  * etc/init.d/apport: Stop setting $PATH in the init.d script. It breaks
    assumptions from /lib/lsb/init-functions.d/ which might call other tools
    which are not in /bin; also, we generally shouldn't meddle with $PATH in
    individual scripts. (LP: #1372665)
 -- Martin Pitt <email address hidden> Mon, 20 Oct 2014 14:51:41 -0400

I've uploaded an SRU for this to the trusty queue.

Hello Steve, or anyone else affected,

Accepted apport into trusty-proposed. The package will build now and be available at http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/2.14.1-0ubuntu3.6 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

I'm unable to recreate the original bug report in Trusty. There is only one crash file after proceed with the test case.

With apport 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.5, I get two error dialogues on boot but one crash file in /var/crash/.

With 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.6 in trusty-proposed, I get one dialogue and one crash file. I think this is the same problem as in this bug, and the proposed package fixes it for me.

The verification of the Stable Release Update for apport has completed successfully and the package has now been released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regressions.

This bug was fixed in the package apport - 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.6

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apport (2.14.1-0ubuntu3.6) trusty-proposed; urgency=medium

  * Stop setting $PATH in the init.d script. It breaks assumptions from
    /lib/lsb/init-functions.d/ which might call other tools which are not in
    /bin; also, we generally shouldn't meddle with $PATH in individual scripts.
    (LP: #1372665)
 -- Brian Murray <email address hidden> Tue, 28 Oct 2014 14:05:01 -0700