** Description changed:

  As we can see in bug 1581940 (attachment HookError_source_mdadm.py) the
  apport package hook for mdadm causes a traceback.
  
  Here's the Traceback:
  
  Traceback (most recent call last):
-   File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport/report.py", line 197, in 
_run_hook
-     symb['add_info'](report, ui)
+   File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport/report.py", line 197, in 
_run_hook
+     symb['add_info'](report, ui)
  TypeError: add_info() takes 1 positional argument but 2 were given
  
  During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
  
  Traceback (most recent call last):
-   File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport/report.py", line 202, in 
_run_hook
-     symb['add_info'](report)
-   File "/usr/share/apport/package-hooks/source_mdadm.py", line 53, in add_info
-     report['initrd.files'] = get_initrd_files(initrd_re)
-   File "/usr/share/apport/package-hooks/source_mdadm.py", line 30, in 
get_initrd_files
-     out = cpio.communicate(fd.read())[0]
-   File "/usr/lib/python3.5/subprocess.py", line 1065, in communicate
-     stdout, stderr = self._communicate(input, endtime, timeout)
-   File "/usr/lib/python3.5/subprocess.py", line 1681, in _communicate
-     self._save_input(input)
-   File "/usr/lib/python3.5/subprocess.py", line 1754, in _save_input
-     self._input = self._input.encode(self.stdin.encoding)
+   File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport/report.py", line 202, in 
_run_hook
+     symb['add_info'](report)
+   File "/usr/share/apport/package-hooks/source_mdadm.py", line 53, in add_info
+     report['initrd.files'] = get_initrd_files(initrd_re)
+   File "/usr/share/apport/package-hooks/source_mdadm.py", line 30, in 
get_initrd_files
+     out = cpio.communicate(fd.read())[0]
+   File "/usr/lib/python3.5/subprocess.py", line 1065, in communicate
+     stdout, stderr = self._communicate(input, endtime, timeout)
+   File "/usr/lib/python3.5/subprocess.py", line 1681, in _communicate
+     self._save_input(input)
+   File "/usr/lib/python3.5/subprocess.py", line 1754, in _save_input
+     self._input = self._input.encode(self.stdin.encoding)
  AttributeError: 'bytes' object has no attribute 'encode'
+ 
+ [Impact]
+ 
+ Makes diagnosing issues around mdadm more difficult, as it won't be
+ shown whether the generated initrd for the running kernel includes the
+ bits relevant to mdadm.
+ 
+ [Test Case]
+ 
+ NOTE: an md device is not needed to reproduce the apport failure, the 
stacktrace is reproducable without setting up software raid.
+ 1. sudo apt-get install mdadm
+ 2. sudo apport-cli -f -p mdadm
+ 
+ For the failure case, a traceback like the above will be seen. For the
+ successful case, no traceback will be seen, and (V)iewing the report
+ will show a section titled 'initrd.files'
+ 
+ [Regression Potential]
+ 
+ Changes involved are only to the apport hook for mdadm, so the only risk
+ is due to the rebuild of the mdadm package itself, and any toolchain
+ changes that have occurred since it was last rebuilt.

** Tags added: trusty wily

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