This was actually fixed in the following version of apport.
apport (2.20.5-0ubuntu1) artful; urgency=medium
* New upstream release:
- bin/apport-retrace: Comment on bug reports when an invalid core file is
encountered. (LP: #1647635)
- Switch to using HxW directory names for app icons instead of just one
number. Thanks to Jeremy Bicha for the patch.
- apport/ui.py: Ensure the Date field exists in a report before using it in a
comparison. (LP: #1658188)
- bin/apport-retrace: Add in a --gdb-sandbox switch which creates or utilizes
a sandbox with the report's distribution release and the host system's
architecture for installing and running gdb. (LP: #1517257)
- apport/hookutils.py: Don't crash if .xsession-errors is not readable by the
user. (LP: #1675928)
- bin/apport-retrace: Be specific about which required field is missing from a
report and not retracing it.
* debian/control: Adjust Vcs-Bzr: for artful branch.
-- Brian Murray <email address hidden> Fri, 12 May 2017 15:11:38 -0700
This was actually fixed in the following version of apport.
apport (2.20.5-0ubuntu1) artful; urgency=medium
* New upstream release: hookutils. py: Don't crash if .xsession-errors is not readable by the
- bin/apport-retrace: Comment on bug reports when an invalid core file is
encountered. (LP: #1647635)
- Switch to using HxW directory names for app icons instead of just one
number. Thanks to Jeremy Bicha for the patch.
- apport/ui.py: Ensure the Date field exists in a report before using it in a
comparison. (LP: #1658188)
- bin/apport-retrace: Add in a --gdb-sandbox switch which creates or utilizes
a sandbox with the report's distribution release and the host system's
architecture for installing and running gdb. (LP: #1517257)
- apport/
user. (LP: #1675928)
- bin/apport-retrace: Be specific about which required field is missing from a
report and not retracing it.
* debian/control: Adjust Vcs-Bzr: for artful branch.
-- Brian Murray <email address hidden> Fri, 12 May 2017 15:11:38 -0700