Comment 0 for bug 1018552

running 'ubuntu-bug' on ec2 to report a bug results in:
ERROR: hook /usr/share/apport/general-hooks/ubuntu.py crashed:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport/report.py", line 749, in add_hooks_info
    symb['add_info'](self, ui)
  File "/usr/share/apport/general-hooks/ubuntu.py", line 34, in add_info
    add_cloud_info(report)
  File "/usr/share/apport/general-hooks/ubuntu.py", line 323, in add_cloud_info
    if ami and ami.startswith('ami'):
TypeError: startswith first arg must be bytes or a tuple of bytes, not str

The fix to this as-yet-python-3-illiterate looks like:

--- /usr/share/apport/general-hooks/ubuntu.py.dist 2012-06-27 19:45:13.332342429 +0000
+++ /usr/share/apport/general-hooks/ubuntu.py 2012-06-27 19:45:26.340342116 +0000
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@
         ami_id_url = urljoin(metadata_url, 'ami-id')

         try:
- ami = urlopen(ami_id_url, timeout=5).read()
+ ami = str(urlopen(ami_id_url, timeout=5)).read()
         except:
             ami = None

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: apport 2.2.5-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: User Name 3.5.0-2.2-generic 3.5.0-rc4
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-2-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Jun 27 19:32:56 2012
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=screen
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: apport
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)