ubuntu-bug ubuntu-bug doesn't work

[anatoly techtonik]

ubuntu-bug doesn't make program lookup when package lookup failed. This is inconvenient for users, who don't know about `which` command. Is it possible to automate lookup and continue search until something matches?

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: apport 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-15.23-generic 3.11.10
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-15-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.2
Architecture: i386
CrashReports:
 640:1000:122:1423125:2014-01-09 20:22:25.104739665 +0300:2014-01-09 20:22:26.104739665 +0300:/var/crash/_usr_lib_i386-linux-gnu_bamf_bamfdaemon.1000.crash
 640:1000:122:157297300:2014-01-09 20:56:44.036795854 +0300:2014-01-09 20:56:45.036795854 +0300:/var/crash/_usr_bin_compiz.1000.crash
 640:0:122:4884804:2014-01-10 13:10:06.891414880 +0300:2014-01-10 13:10:07.891414880 +0300:/var/crash/_usr_bin_Xorg.0.crash
Date: Thu Jan 16 18:10:59 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-03-12 (675 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta i386 (20120301)
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: apport
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-10-21 (87 days ago)

[Quinn Balazs (qbalazs)]

This is expected as "ubuntu-bug" isn't the name of any package in Ubuntu. Apport requires the name of a package. This can also be seen in trying to report a bug against chromium-browser by using "ubuntu-bug chromium". Closed as this is the expected behavior of Apport.

[anatoly techtonik (techtonik)]

Not only the name of package.

$ ubuntu-bug -h
Usage: ubuntu-bug [options] [symptom|pid|package|program path|.apport/.crash file]

Yes, this is an enhancement to add just |program name| to the lookup order.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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