offer displaying a modified configuration file

Bug #1447286 reported by Karl-Philipp Richter
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
apport (Ubuntu)
Expired
Wishlist
Unassigned

Bug Description

When `apport` asks about uploading a modified configuration file it'd be useful to offer a third option to display its content beside the simple yes/no choice. A diff between the default file (which can't contain sensitive information) and the current version of the would be a useful forth option because it'd avoid searching for the modification the user made.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
Package: apport 2.14.7-0ubuntu8.4
Uname: Linux 4.0.0-040000-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zcommon znvpair zavl
ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu8.4
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Apr 22 20:08:53 2015
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-04-20 (2 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Release amd64 (20141022.2)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: apport
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Karl-Philipp Richter (krichter722) wrote :
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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote :

This is in the attach_conffiles function of apport/hookutils.py.

tags: added: vivid wil yutopic
removed: utopic
tags: added: utopic wily
removed: wil yutopic
Changed in apport (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
status: New → Triaged
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Marcus Tomlinson (marcustomlinson) wrote :

This release of Ubuntu is no longer receiving maintenance updates. If this is still an issue on a maintained version of Ubuntu please let us know.

Changed in apport (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Incomplete
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

[Expired for apport (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in apport (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Expired
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