I installed the version of gnome-control-center from focal-proposed and can confirm that the only setting "Automatic" creates the file /var/lib/apport/autoreport and switching the option to anything but "Automatic" removes the /var/lib/apport/autoreport file.
** Tags removed: verification-needed-focal ** Tags added: verification-done-focal -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1906877 Title: diagnostics panel can leave automatic crash reporting enabled Status in gnome-control-center package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in gnome-control-center source package in Bionic: Triaged Status in gnome-control-center source package in Focal: Fix Committed Status in gnome-control-center source package in Groovy: Fix Released Status in gnome-control-center source package in Hirsute: Fix Released Bug description: * Impact If one selects "Automatic" in the "Send error reports to Canonical" portion of "Problem Reporting" the file /var/lib/apport/autoreport is created. However, if you later switch to "Never" the file is not removed but the panel continues to show "Never". * Test case - change the automatic report option in settings to automatic and then to never, the /var/lib/apport/autoreport file should be removed * Regression potential The patch modifies the whoopsie configuration, check that the service status is right for the 3 auto/manual/never options ---------------- ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.10 Package: gnome-control-center 1:3.38.1-1ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.8.0-23.24-generic 5.8.14 Uname: Linux 5.8.0-23-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu50 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: skip CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Fri Dec 4 12:38:37 2020 InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-01-22 (1778 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Alpha amd64 (20160117) SourcePackage: gnome-control-center UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/1906877/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
