Bad behavior when no PID/program is specified.
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| apport (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
|
Low
|
Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Binary package hint: apport
Run ubuntu-bug (with no command line options). It will present 5 radio boxes. Select "Other problem." Click "OK".
ubuntu-bug will show a dialog that states "No package specified/You need to specify a package or a PID See -- help for more information," and a Close button. There are no help buttons, and no man page.
In the dialog, the "--" is on a separate line from "help," so it is not at all clear that this is a command line option (see attached screenshot). From a user's perspective, ubuntu-bug dies, and there is no indication as to what is going wrong, how to fix it, or how to get more information. Even "run ubuntu-bug --help for more information" would be useful, but more useful would be to give some sort of appropriate well-defined behavior (e.g. ask the user for a file name or package name).
| pmitros (pmtemp79) wrote | #1 |
| Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote | #2 |
| Changed in apport (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
| Changed in apport (Ubuntu): | |
| importance: | Undecided → Low |
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.