On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 12:47:11PM +0100, Reinhard Tartler wrote: > > Full context: bug #413110. > > Short summary: the postinst script tries to byte compile add-on > packages. This might fail because of a number of reasons. These cases > are currently already detected and a logfile is left in /tmp. The user > is asked (via echo) to attach this file to a bug report against the > corresponding emacs package. > > When using update-manager to install/upgrade the packages, the terminal > output is normally hidden which makes it easy for the user to miss these > instructions. Still, apport is triggered via apt and the user is > prompted to file a bug. > > It would be great if these bugs would have this compilation logs > attached automatically to the bugs. The apport documentation at [1] > explains how to call apport explicitly, but if this was done in the > postinst, I fear that apport would actually create 2 bug reports: the > new one from the postinst and one via apt. > > Does anyone know a package that properly integrates apport in its > postinst script? Or other hints how to do this properly? > > [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Apport/DeveloperHowTo
I suggest looking at the existing scripts in /usr/share/apport which create problem reports in response to various error events. -- - mdz _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-elisp Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-elisp More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
