[Bug 1856255] Re: Apport-bug wrongly complains about the program not being installed

2019-12-13 Thread Martin Constantino–Bodin
** Changed in: apport (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Invalid ** Summary changed: - Apport-bug wrongly complains about the program not being installed + Apport-bug could suggest a package instead of complaining about the program not being installed -- You received this bug notification

[Bug 1856255] Re: Apport-bug wrongly complains about the program not being installed

2019-12-13 Thread Martin Constantino–Bodin
Hi, You are correct: now that I checked, “apport-bug apport” and “apport-bug net-tools” works fine. I agree that this is not a bug. It can however be rephrased as an enhancement: I believe that most people think of programs, not packages (at least I do ☺). So if there is a bug with a program,

[Bug 1856255] Re: Apport-bug wrongly complains about the program not being installed

2019-12-12 Thread Chris Guiver
Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. There is no package named `ifconfig` so you cannot file a bug against a non-existent package. Your "Apport told me that ifconfig was not installed. But it was!" is incorrect as apport deals with packages not

[Bug 1856255] Re: Apport-bug wrongly complains about the program not being installed

2019-12-12 Thread Martin Constantino–Bodin
Update: I’ve just typed “apport-collect 1856255” in a terminal. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1856255 Title: Apport-bug wrongly complains about the program not being installed To