[apport] apport-retrace crashed with AssertionError in install_missing_packages()

[Brian J. Murrell]

Binary package hint: apport

simply tried to retrace a crash.

ProblemType: Crash
ApportLog:
 apport (pid 29147) Wed Apr 18 08:15:43 2007: called for pid 17452, signal 11
 apport (pid 29147) Wed Apr 18 08:15:43 2007: executable: /usr/bin/evolution-2.10 (command line "/usr/bin/evolution")
 apport (pid 29147) Wed Apr 18 08:20:51 2007: wrote report /var/crash/_usr_bin_evolution-2.10.1001.crash
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Apr 18 08:21:51 2007
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/apport-retrace
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.5
Package: apport-retrace 0.76
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/apport-retrace /var/crash/_usr_lib_amanda_amandad.34.crash
ProcCwd: /var/log/amanda
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin
 LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/apport-retrace', '/var/crash/_usr_lib_amanda_amandad.34.crash']
SourcePackage: apport
Uname: Linux pc 2.6.20-10-generic #2 SMP Mon Mar 12 00:02:49 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

Did you actually have the amanda package installed when you tried that? (or did apport-retrace install it correctly?)

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

Nevermind, mvo and I figured it out. Fixed in bzr head.

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

 apport (0.81) gutsy; urgency=low
 .
   * apport/report.py: Remove '[apport]' default bug title prefix. (LP: #94819)
   * apport/crashdb_impl/launchpad.py: Tag new bugs with
     'apport-<problemtype>'. This replaces the former '[apport]' prefixing.
   * debian/local/setup-apport-retracer: Specify a path in '.' command and
     use sh again. Yay for me needing three attempts before actually RTFMing
     how '.' works (which is really nasty and strange IMHO).
   * bin/apport-chroot: Fix symlinks before repackaging the chroot tarball in
     'install' and 'installdeb' modes.
   * debian/local/setup-apport-retracer: Install python-libxml2 and python-apt.
   * bin/launchpad-crash-digger: Supply --auth instead of the deprecated
     --cookie to apport-chroot.
   * bin/apport-chroot: Fix identifier name in command_retrace().
   * debian/local/setup-apport-retracer: Set APPORT_CRASHDB_CONF to the local
     crashdb.conf.
   * bin/apport-chroot: Unset APPORT_CRASHDB_CONF for login and retrace.
   * bin/launchpad-crash-digger: Check the release of a bug and whether we have
     a chroot for it before untagging it. This avoids loosing tags for bugs we
     do not yet have a working retracer chroot for.
   * bin/apport-retrace: Do not abort with an exception if package installation
     fails. Give a proper error message instead and point to -u. (LP: #115681)
   * apport/crashdb_impl/launchpad.py, update(): Create a temporary directory
     and use proper file names for the new attachments. With TemporaryFile(),
     attachment file names ended up as '<fdopen>'. (LP: #115347)
   * apport/report.py, add_os_info(): Add field 'NonfreeKernelModules' which
     lists loaded kernel modules which do not have a FOSS license. This is
     particularly helpful for quickly checking for restricted graphics drivers.
     (LP: #103239)
   * apport_python_hook.py: Move the apport.* imports into the try: block and
     move the likely_packaged() test to the top, to avoid importing
     apport.report and creating a Report object for non-packaged scripts. This
     makes the entire code more efficient and robust against errors in the
     apport modules. (LP: #109955)
   * apport/report.py, add_gdb_info(): Intercept OSError from gdb invocation
     (which might be segfaulting itself) and just do not put any gdb output
     into the report. The automatic retracers can try their luck again.
     (LP: #112501)
   * bin/apport-retrace: Fix handling of packages which are still known to
     /var/lib/dpkg/status, but do not have an apt record any more; treat them
     like virtual packages and just issue a warning instead of falling over.
     (LP: #107474)