I tested this in an Ubuntu 18.04 lxc container and removed the policykit-1 package. With the version of apport in -updates I received the Traceback which appears in the bug description. After that I installed the version of apport from -proposed and I did not receive a Traceback.
I tested this in an Ubuntu 18.04 lxc container and removed the policykit-1 package. With the version of apport in -updates I received the Traceback which appears in the bug description. After that I installed the version of apport from -proposed and I did not receive a Traceback.
ubuntu@ darling- horse:~ $ apt-cache policy apport archive. ubuntu. com/ubuntu bionic- proposed/ main amd64 Packages dpkg/status 20.9-0ubuntu7. 16 500 archive. ubuntu. com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64 Packages security. ubuntu. com/ubuntu bionic- security/ main amd64 Packages 20.9-0ubuntu7 500 archive. ubuntu. com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages
apport:
Installed: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.17
Candidate: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.17
Version table:
*** 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.17 500
500 http://
100 /var/lib/
2.
500 http://
500 http://
2.
500 http://