No "don't know/irrelevant" options when using apport for reporting samba bugs/crashes

Bug #1070867 reported by Steve Kroon
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
samba (Ubuntu)
Triaged
Low
Unassigned

Bug Description

Original post about this at: http://askubuntu.com/questions/202029/keep-getting-smbd-errors-but-apport-asks-questions-i-cant-answer .

When I get smbd crashes on my system, apport tries to handle the reporting, but starts off by trying to ask questions. I can't sensibly/usefully answer these questions. For example, the first question asks:

How would you best describe your setup?
 -I am running a Windows File Server
-I am connecting to a Windows File Server.

Since I am doing both, I have no idea which to choose. In any case, selecting one leads to the next question:
Did this used to work properly with a previous release?
-No
-Yes

But I never tried to use Samba in a previous release, so I can't seriously answer this.

After picking an option here, I get more questions in a similar vein. Surely there should be "I don't know/I haven't tried" options, even if they simply mean apport tells you that you can't submit a useful bug report.

Version info:

kroon@menia:~$ apt-cache policy samba
samba:
  Installed: 2:3.6.3-2ubuntu2.3
  Candidate: 2:3.6.3-2ubuntu2.3
  Version table:
 *** 2:3.6.3-2ubuntu2.3 0
        500 http://ubuntu.mirror.ac.za/ubuntu-archive/ precise-updates/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     2:3.6.3-2ubuntu2.1 0
        500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security/main i386 Packages
     2:3.6.3-2ubuntu2 0
        500 http://ubuntu.mirror.ac.za/ubuntu-archive/ precise/main i386 Packages

Tags: apport
James Page (james-page)
Changed in samba (Ubuntu):
status: New → Triaged
importance: Undecided → High
importance: High → Low
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