Public bug reported: The code in apport which creates a duplicate signature for package installation failures changed in Ubuntu 16.04 and as part of that change we are no longer starting the duplicate signature with the following:
dupe_sig = 'package:%s:%s:%s' % (package, version, report['ErrorMessage']) This change was made because 'ErrorMessage' was too vague, however having 'package:%s:%s' was useful in the Ubuntu Error Tracker. The Error Tracker buckets package installation failures based off the duplicate signature and without the string 'package:$package' its hard to know if a bucket is about about a package installation failure. Additionally, buckets end up containing a mish-mash of different packages. In the following error notice how the package version table contains a bunch of unrelated version numbers: https://errors.ubuntu.com/problem/23630ea42dcd530db3633a250e04751630e2ac02 The duplicate signature for problems with the type package should be changed to start with package and the package name at least. ** Affects: apport (Ubuntu) Importance: Medium Assignee: Brian Murray (brian-murray) Status: Triaged ** Changed in: apport (Ubuntu) Status: New => Triaged ** Changed in: apport (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium ** Changed in: apport (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Brian Murray (brian-murray) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1581682 Title: Duplicate signature for Package problems missing info To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/+bug/1581682/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
