This does not have to do with apport's dependencies, rather it is an xorg package which depends on apport and the removal of python3-apport causing the xorg package to have missing dependencies.
bdmurray@clean-focal-amd64:~$ apt-cache show xserver-xorg Package: xserver-xorg Architecture: amd64 Version: 1:7.7+19ubuntu14 Priority: optional Section: x11 Source: xorg Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu X-SWAT <ubunt...@lists.ubuntu.com> Original-Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force <debia...@lists.debian.org> Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 411 Provides: xserver Depends: xserver-xorg-core (>= 2:1.17.2-2), xserver-xorg-input-all | xorg-driver-input, xkb-data (>= 1.4), x11-xkb-utils, python3-apport Recommends: libgl1-mesa-dri, mesa-vulkan-drivers, xserver-xorg-legacy, xserver-xorg-video-all Breaks: xdiagnose (<< 3.8.8) Replaces: xdiagnose (<< 3.8.8) Filename: pool/main/x/xorg/xserver-xorg_7.7+19ubuntu14_amd64.deb Size: 65176 MD5sum: 3ed74cae9268cf378a6fc2e8a77f53ed SHA1: 6cffe8eb38acffed33937ae7fc37d3e04973e33d SHA256: 7b2380dbdc991497443b57dba4fe4335234e53a125d0b18f1b9b5ef3c492eab5 Homepage: http://www.x.org/ Description-en: X.Org X server This package depends on the full suite of the server and drivers for the X.Org X server. It does not provide the actual server itself. Description-md5: 3d8c1d268e8af6b69f54d86fbd5a3939 Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-deskt op If you are looking to disable apport you should adjust the following file: bdmurray@clean-focal-amd64:~$ cat /etc/default/apport # set this to 0 to disable apport, or to 1 to enable it # you can temporarily override this with # sudo service apport start force_start=1 enabled=1 ** Project changed: apport => xorg (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1905775 Title: Uninstalling python3-apporrt should not uninstall xorg packages To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1905775/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
