Apport

  1. Bug #997283
  2. Comment #8

Comment 8 for bug 997283

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Chris Bainbridge (chris-bainbridge) wrote :

> Bug reports continue to function normally.

This does not appear to be the case. I was trying to report a bug using 'apport-bug /var/crash/x.crash' but it does not work any more.

The man page still says it should ("Finally, you can use this program to report a previously stored crash or bug report: apport-bug /var/crash/_bin_bash.1000.crash")

The ReportingBugs page also says you can do this: ("After copying it to a different system you can file that report using the following command: ubuntu-bug -c <apport_file.extension> .... You will need to answer a few questions, and a web browser will be launched to complete the bug report. ")

The apport-cli man page also says ("-c report, --crash-file=report
              Upload a previously processed stored report in an arbitrary file location. This is useful for copying
              a crash report to a machine with internet connection and reporting it from there. Files must end in
              .crash or .apport.")

Example use, note the bug is not uploaded and no web browser is opened, despite choosing Send and it saying "After the problem report has been sent, please fill out the form in the automatically opened web browser" :

$ apport-cli -c /var/crash/_usr_share_oneconf_oneconf-service.1000.crash

*** Send problem report to the developers?

After the problem report has been sent, please fill out the form in the
automatically opened web browser.

What would you like to do? Your options are:
  S: Send report (21.1 MB)
  V: View report
  K: Keep report file for sending later or copying to somewhere else
  I: Cancel and ignore future crashes of this program version
  C: Cancel
Please choose (S/V/K/I/C): S

(aside from this issue, I would also add to Ryan's request that it be possible to re-enable the previous behaviour, where you can just click the notification to submit the crash to Launchpad. It does not seem optimal that an experienced user gets a notification of a crash, but then has to drop to the shell and navigate /var/crash to find the associated bug report on Launchpad).