apport checks for a bug pattern before filing a bug report, in the case
of the bug which you were reporting it matched the bug pattern for bug
996916. That pattern looks like:
<pattern url="https://launchpad.net/bugs/996916";>
<re key="Package">^(ubuntu-release-upgrader-core |update-manager)</re>
<re key="VarLogDistupgradeMainlog">blacklist expr
'\^postgresql-.*\[0-9\]\\.\[0-9\].*' matches</re>
</pattern>
>From the bugs I'd seen before most of them failed to calculate the
upgrade, however in your log file (Mainlog.txt) the message appears
during the obsolete package check.
2016-09-18 12:53:10,503 DEBUG Start checking for obsolete pkgs
2016-09-18 12:53:18,126 DEBUG blacklist expr 'update-manager-core' matches
'update-manager-core'
2016-09-18 12:53:18,127 DEBUG skipping 'update-manager-core' (in
removalBlacklist)
2016-09-18 12:53:18,127 DEBUG 'update-manager-core' scheduled for remove but
not safe to remove, skipping
2016-09-18 12:53:23,737 DEBUG blacklist expr 'update-manager-core' matches
'update-manager-core'
2016-09-18 12:53:23,737 DEBUG package 'python3-distupgrade' has unwanted
removals, skipping
2016-09-18 12:53:25,652 DEBUG 'python3-distupgrade' scheduled for remove but
not safe to remove, skipping
2016-09-18 12:53:25,980 DEBUG blacklist expr '^postgresql-.*[0-9]\.[0-9].*'
matches 'postgresql-9.3'
2016-09-18 12:53:25,980 DEBUG skipping 'postgresql-9.3' (in removalBlacklist)
2016-09-18 12:53:25,980 DEBUG 'postgresql-9.3' scheduled for remove but not
safe to remove, skipping
The bug pattern should be modified so that it only matches bugs where
the message appears before upgrading.
** Changed in: apport (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Triaged
** Changed in: apport (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided => High
** Package changed: apport (Ubuntu) => apport
** Summary changed:
- ubuntu-bug refuses to file upgrade bug, thinks it's a dupe from 2012
+ bug pattern for bug 996916 not specific enough
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1624836
Title:
bug pattern for bug 996916 not specific enough
Status in Apport:
Triaged
Bug description:
I wanted to file https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-release-
upgrader/+bug/1624835https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-release-upgrader/+bug/1624835
so I ran ubuntu-bug and selected 'ubuntu-release-upgrader'.
I expected the usual workflow: a magic Launchpad link that makes me
wait and wait and then eventually lets me file a new bug, which has a
bunch of relevant information attached to it.
ubuntu-bug decided instead that my problem was already known, and that
I should add additional information to this unrelated old bug from
2012 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-
manager/+bug/996916
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: apport 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-042stab116.2 x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Sep 18 13:10:10 2016
JournalErrors:
Error: command ['journalctl', '-b', '--priority=warning', '--lines=1000']
failed with exit code 1: Hint: You are currently not seeing messages from other
users and the system.
Users in the 'systemd-journal' group can see all messages. Pass -q to
turn off this notice.
No journal files were opened due to insufficient permissions.
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: apport
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-09-18 (0 days ago)
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