apport doesn't include Package in report when invoked on core dump
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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apport (Ubuntu) |
Won't Fix
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: apport
While testing apport-chroot:
$ grep enabled /etc/default/apport
enabled=1
$
$ # Not for the squeamish who fear killing dash and little scripts...
$ ulimit -c unlimited
$ sh -c 'while true; do : ; done' &
[2] 7929
$ # look away...
$ kill -ABRT 7929
$
[2]+ Afgebroken (geheugendump gemaakt) sh -c 'while true; do : ; done'
(close Apport window)
$ # you can look again
$ apport-chroot -m chroot/chroot.map retrace /var/crash/
report file does not contain required fields: CoreDump Package ExecutablePath
$ egrep '(CoreDump|
ExecutablePath: /bin/dash
CoreDump: base64
$ dpkg -S /bin/dash
dash: /bin/dash
Kind regards,
Alain
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
CrashReports: 600:1000:
Date: Tue Nov 24 19:33:25 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
NonfreeKernelMo
Package: apport-retrace 1.9.3-0ubuntu4.1 [modified: usr/bin/
PackageArchitec
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=nl_NL.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSign
SourcePackage: apport
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-15-generic i686
Yes, ApportLog.txt shows I did the testcase twice (I usually do), but the second time no core was written in my local dir. Is this another problem perhaps?
Kind regards,
Alain