Please do not display crash reports for non-Ubuntu programs
Bug #83105 reported by
Vassilis Pandis
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Apport |
Won't Fix
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Low
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Martin Pitt | ||
apport (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: apport
(This is with Feisty)
When a self-compiled program crashes[1], I get a crash report. Clicking on it I get a "This report does not apply to a packaged program" error. As it is inevitable that some users will compile software on their own, and that it will crash, maybe it would be better if this wasn't shown at all? i.e. If apport detects that this has nothing to do with Ubuntu, do not display the crash notification because it only confuses the user.
This is an unimportant request, agreed - feel free to reject it.
[1]
int main() { char *ptr; ptr=0; *ptr='a'; } /* My masterpiece - distribute under the GPL :p */
Changed in apport: | |
status: | Unconfirmed → Rejected |
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Indeed apport only considers crashes which belong to programs in /usr/bin, /usr/lib, etc. If I crash a program in /tmp or in my home directory, apport does:
apport (pid 29130) Mon Feb 5 12:47:05 2007: executable: /tmp/test (command line "./test")
apport (pid 29130) Mon Feb 5 12:47:05 2007: executable does not belong to a package, ignoring
Where did you build/run this test program?