We could generally disallow filing bugs against noninstalled packages,
but that would make other bug reports much more inconvenient (like
reporting typos in package descriptions, reporting that the package
doesn't install, etc.), especially after we disable the +filebug page
for Ubuntu and make ubuntu-bug the primary bug filing interface.
What we can do, however, is to add this special case to
/usr/share/apport/general-hooks/ubuntu.py. It could just redirect bugs
against upgrade-system to update-manager if upgrade-system is not
installed, or just error out with an information that "this is not the
package you are looking for".
How bad is the problem actually? How many false bug reports do you
usually get against upgrade-system?
** Changed in: apport (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided => Low
** Changed in: apport (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Triaged
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ubuntu-bug: how to prevent it from filing a bug against a package that is not
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/404727
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