Unable report a bug following the ubuntuweb: ReportingBugs

Bug #909046 reported by hawran
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apport (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

I've just tried to report a bug following the instruction on https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs and again I have to say it's nonsense:

Filing a general bug against no particular package
If you're not sure which package is affected by the bug, type ubuntu-bug in the "Run Application" window and click Run. This will guide you through a series of questions to gather more information about the bug. ...

When the apport-gtk window appears, I choose the "Other problem" and then I got an error window "You need to specify a package or a PID. See --help for more information." and that's all.

How am I supposed to report a bug against no particular package?
I mean, using the apps prepared?

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hawran (hawran.diskuse) wrote :

I've forgotten:
10.04 LTS - the Lucid Lynx
Linux ... 2.6.32-37-generic-pae #81-Ubuntu SMP Fri Dec 2 22:24:22 UTC 2011 i686 GNU/Linux
GNOME gnome-about 2.30.2

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Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. It seems that your bug report is not filed about a specific source package though, rather it is just filed against Ubuntu in general. It is important that bug reports be filed about source packages so that people interested in the package can find the bugs about it. You can find some hints about determining what package your bug might be about at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/FindRightPackage. You might also ask for help in the #ubuntu-bugs irc channel on Freenode.

To change the source package that this bug is filed about visit https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/909046/+editstatus and add the package name in the text box next to the word Package.

[This is an automated message. I apologize if it reached you inappropriately; please just reply to this message indicating so.]

tags: added: bot-comment
Changed in ubuntu:
status: New → Invalid
affects: ubuntu → apport (Ubuntu)
Changed in apport (Ubuntu):
status: Invalid → New
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