[Touch-packages] [Bug 1550846] Re: package identification is awful

2016-05-05 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker 
[Expired for apport (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60
days.]

** Changed in: apport (Ubuntu)
   Status: Incomplete => Expired

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Title:
  package identification is awful

Status in apport package in Ubuntu:
  Expired

Bug description:
  Recently I reported a bug against the kernel - apport made this very
  difficult.

  The instructions at 
  clearly state that the correct thing to do is to report kernel bugs
  against the package "linux".  That does not work.

  "ubuntu-bug linux" reports that linux is not installed!

  After some head-scratching I tried "ubuntu-bug linux-image", that also
  failed.  It did finally work with "ubuntu-bug linux-image-generic",
  but that is not an obvious choice *and it is contrary to the
  instructions*.  The obvious choice was "ubuntu-bug kernel" (which I
  tried first) that also failed.

  So, I tried to report a bug against ubuntu-bug with "ubuntu-bug
  ubuntu-bug", not installed!  According to the web site
   ubuntu-bug does not belong to
  any package!  OK it is a link.  Try again with the real binary name;
  apport-bug is not installed either!

  If you want feedback from ordinary users, bugs in the bug reporting
  system are serious.

  When apport is given a name that is not a package name it could follow a few 
simple steps to at lest provide hints to user; 
  "ls -l $(which ubuntu-bug)" shows that it is a link, 
  "ls -l --dereference $(which ubuntu-bug)" shows what it links to, and
  "dpkg-query --search $(ls  --dereference $(which ubuntu-bug))" even reports 
"apport: /usr/bin/ubuntu-bug".  
  That would be a useful clue to most users.  Note, "dpkg-query --search 
ubuntu-bug" is less useful.  

  As for kernel bugs, it should at least behave as documented.  Please
  add an extra line of code so that as a special case both "ubuntu-bug
  linux" and "ubuntu-bug kernel" work.

  There have been many times that apport has stated that a bug could not
  be reported and I had believed that it was because there were non-
  standard packages installed, now I am not so sure.

  TIA

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: apport 2.19.4-0ubuntu2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-2.16-generic 4.4.0
  Uname: Linux 4.4.0-2-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.19.4-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: XFCE
  Date: Sun Feb 28 13:06:32 2016
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-02-03 (24 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Alpha amd64 (20160202)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: apport
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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[Touch-packages] [Bug 1550846] Re: package identification is awful

2016-03-05 Thread Peter D. 
Why is this still "incomplete"?  What more needs to be added?

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Title:
  package identification is awful

Status in apport package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Recently I reported a bug against the kernel - apport made this very
  difficult.

  The instructions at 
  clearly state that the correct thing to do is to report kernel bugs
  against the package "linux".  That does not work.

  "ubuntu-bug linux" reports that linux is not installed!

  After some head-scratching I tried "ubuntu-bug linux-image", that also
  failed.  It did finally work with "ubuntu-bug linux-image-generic",
  but that is not an obvious choice *and it is contrary to the
  instructions*.  The obvious choice was "ubuntu-bug kernel" (which I
  tried first) that also failed.

  So, I tried to report a bug against ubuntu-bug with "ubuntu-bug
  ubuntu-bug", not installed!  According to the web site
   ubuntu-bug does not belong to
  any package!  OK it is a link.  Try again with the real binary name;
  apport-bug is not installed either!

  If you want feedback from ordinary users, bugs in the bug reporting
  system are serious.

  When apport is given a name that is not a package name it could follow a few 
simple steps to at lest provide hints to user; 
  "ls -l $(which ubuntu-bug)" shows that it is a link, 
  "ls -l --dereference $(which ubuntu-bug)" shows what it links to, and
  "dpkg-query --search $(ls  --dereference $(which ubuntu-bug))" even reports 
"apport: /usr/bin/ubuntu-bug".  
  That would be a useful clue to most users.  Note, "dpkg-query --search 
ubuntu-bug" is less useful.  

  As for kernel bugs, it should at least behave as documented.  Please
  add an extra line of code so that as a special case both "ubuntu-bug
  linux" and "ubuntu-bug kernel" work.

  There have been many times that apport has stated that a bug could not
  be reported and I had believed that it was because there were non-
  standard packages installed, now I am not so sure.

  TIA

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: apport 2.19.4-0ubuntu2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-2.16-generic 4.4.0
  Uname: Linux 4.4.0-2-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.19.4-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: XFCE
  Date: Sun Feb 28 13:06:32 2016
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-02-03 (24 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Alpha amd64 (20160202)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: apport
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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[Touch-packages] [Bug 1550846] Re: package identification is awful

2016-03-04 Thread Peter D. 
I've just booted a few different releases.

A live pre-release DVD of Mythbuntu from a few day ago does behave with
"ubuntu-bug linux" and "ubuntu-bug apport" although it could have done
better with; "ubuntu-bug kernel", "ubuntu-bug ubuntu-bug", "ubuntu-bug
ubuntu", and "ubuntu-bug apport-bug".

The month old installation also misbehaves with "ubuntu-bug linux", but
I guess that a bug has been fixed since then.

Also on Trusty Tahr a possibly unrelated bug gives this;

$ ubuntu-bug apport
usage: whoopsie-upload-all [-h] [-t TIMEOUT]
whoopsie-upload-all: error: unrecognized arguments: apport

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Title:
  package identification is awful

Status in apport package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Recently I reported a bug against the kernel - apport made this very
  difficult.

  The instructions at 
  clearly state that the correct thing to do is to report kernel bugs
  against the package "linux".  That does not work.

  "ubuntu-bug linux" reports that linux is not installed!

  After some head-scratching I tried "ubuntu-bug linux-image", that also
  failed.  It did finally work with "ubuntu-bug linux-image-generic",
  but that is not an obvious choice *and it is contrary to the
  instructions*.  The obvious choice was "ubuntu-bug kernel" (which I
  tried first) that also failed.

  So, I tried to report a bug against ubuntu-bug with "ubuntu-bug
  ubuntu-bug", not installed!  According to the web site
   ubuntu-bug does not belong to
  any package!  OK it is a link.  Try again with the real binary name;
  apport-bug is not installed either!

  If you want feedback from ordinary users, bugs in the bug reporting
  system are serious.

  When apport is given a name that is not a package name it could follow a few 
simple steps to at lest provide hints to user; 
  "ls -l $(which ubuntu-bug)" shows that it is a link, 
  "ls -l --dereference $(which ubuntu-bug)" shows what it links to, and
  "dpkg-query --search $(ls  --dereference $(which ubuntu-bug))" even reports 
"apport: /usr/bin/ubuntu-bug".  
  That would be a useful clue to most users.  Note, "dpkg-query --search 
ubuntu-bug" is less useful.  

  As for kernel bugs, it should at least behave as documented.  Please
  add an extra line of code so that as a special case both "ubuntu-bug
  linux" and "ubuntu-bug kernel" work.

  There have been many times that apport has stated that a bug could not
  be reported and I had believed that it was because there were non-
  standard packages installed, now I am not so sure.

  TIA

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: apport 2.19.4-0ubuntu2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-2.16-generic 4.4.0
  Uname: Linux 4.4.0-2-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.19.4-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: XFCE
  Date: Sun Feb 28 13:06:32 2016
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-02-03 (24 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Alpha amd64 (20160202)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: apport
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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[Touch-packages] [Bug 1550846] Re: package identification is awful

2016-02-29 Thread Brian Murray 
Addressing the specific issue of not being able to use "ubuntu-bug
linux", I've tried to recreate on two systems running xenial and a fresh
install of xenial and was unsuccessful. We can see that apport in
appor/ui.py has special casing for linux.

391 def run_report_bug(self, symptom_script=None):
392 '''Report a bug.
...
 441 # "Do what I mean" for filing against "linux"
 442 if self.options.package == 'linux':
 443 self.cur_package = apport.packaging.get_kernel_package()

Then in apport/packaging.py we have:

621 def get_kernel_package(self):
 622 '''Return the actual Linux kernel package name.
 623 
 624 This is used when the user reports a bug against the "linux" 
package.
 625 '''
 626 # TODO: Ubuntu specific
 627 return 'linux-image-' + os.uname()[2]

Do you have linux-image-4.4.0-2-generic installed?


** Changed in: apport (Ubuntu)
   Status: New => Incomplete

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Title:
  package identification is awful

Status in apport package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Recently I reported a bug against the kernel - apport made this very
  difficult.

  The instructions at 
  clearly state that the correct thing to do is to report kernel bugs
  against the package "linux".  That does not work.

  "ubuntu-bug linux" reports that linux is not installed!

  After some head-scratching I tried "ubuntu-bug linux-image", that also
  failed.  It did finally work with "ubuntu-bug linux-image-generic",
  but that is not an obvious choice *and it is contrary to the
  instructions*.  The obvious choice was "ubuntu-bug kernel" (which I
  tried first) that also failed.

  So, I tried to report a bug against ubuntu-bug with "ubuntu-bug
  ubuntu-bug", not installed!  According to the web site
   ubuntu-bug does not belong to
  any package!  OK it is a link.  Try again with the real binary name;
  apport-bug is not installed either!

  If you want feedback from ordinary users, bugs in the bug reporting
  system are serious.

  When apport is given a name that is not a package name it could follow a few 
simple steps to at lest provide hints to user; 
  "ls -l $(which ubuntu-bug)" shows that it is a link, 
  "ls -l --dereference $(which ubuntu-bug)" shows what it links to, and
  "dpkg-query --search $(ls  --dereference $(which ubuntu-bug))" even reports 
"apport: /usr/bin/ubuntu-bug".  
  That would be a useful clue to most users.  Note, "dpkg-query --search 
ubuntu-bug" is less useful.  

  As for kernel bugs, it should at least behave as documented.  Please
  add an extra line of code so that as a special case both "ubuntu-bug
  linux" and "ubuntu-bug kernel" work.

  There have been many times that apport has stated that a bug could not
  be reported and I had believed that it was because there were non-
  standard packages installed, now I am not so sure.

  TIA

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: apport 2.19.4-0ubuntu2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-2.16-generic 4.4.0
  Uname: Linux 4.4.0-2-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.19.4-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: XFCE
  Date: Sun Feb 28 13:06:32 2016
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-02-03 (24 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Alpha amd64 (20160202)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: apport
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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