"/etc/init.d/apport restart" doesn't actually do the important parts

[Chris Thomas (CTho)]

Binary package hint: apport

Running "/etc/init.d/apport restart" does not pick up changes to the value of "enabled" in /etc/default/apport. If it was previously disabled, "restart" only changes the crashdump-size, but doesn't actually set /proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern. If it was previously enabled, "restart" does nothing because the script exits on line 25.

$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 8.04.1
Release: 8.04
$ apt-cache policy apport
apport:
  Installed: 0.108.2
  Candidate: 0.108.2
  Version table:
 *** 0.108.2 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     0.108 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Packages

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

Fixed in bzr.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package apport - 0.121

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apport (0.121) jaunty; urgency=low

  * debian/apport.init: Drop long obsolete setting of
    /proc/sys/kernel/crashdump-size.
  * debian/apport.init: Make restart actually work if the default file was
    changed. (LP: #292402)
  * apport/report.py, add_proc_environ(): Do not include verbatim $PATH, only
    classify it as "default" (does not appear at all then), "custom,
    user" (/home or /tmp in $PATH), or "custom, no user". Add appropriate test
    case. Update the data format documentation accordingly. (LP: #245263)

 -- Martin Pitt <email address hidden> Mon, 08 Dec 2008 19:37:53 -0800