Addressing the specific issue of not being able to use "ubuntu-bug
linux", I've tried to recreate on two systems running xenial and a fresh
install of xenial and was unsuccessful. We can see that apport in
appor/ui.py has special casing for linux.
391 def run_report_bug(self, symptom_script=None):
392 '''Report a bug.
...
441 # "Do what I mean" for filing against "linux"
442 if self.options.package == 'linux':
443 self.cur_package = apport.packaging.get_kernel_package()
Then in apport/packaging.py we have:
621 def get_kernel_package(self):
622 '''Return the actual Linux kernel package name.
623
624 This is used when the user reports a bug against the "linux"
package.
625 '''
626 # TODO: Ubuntu specific
627 return 'linux-image-' + os.uname()[2]
Do you have linux-image-4.4.0-2-generic installed?
** Changed in: apport (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Incomplete
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1550846
Title:
package identification is awful
Status in apport package in Ubuntu:
Incomplete
Bug description:
Recently I reported a bug against the kernel - apport made this very
difficult.
The instructions at <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/FindRightPackage>
clearly state that the correct thing to do is to report kernel bugs
against the package "linux". That does not work.
"ubuntu-bug linux" reports that linux is not installed!
After some head-scratching I tried "ubuntu-bug linux-image", that also
failed. It did finally work with "ubuntu-bug linux-image-generic",
but that is not an obvious choice *and it is contrary to the
instructions*. The obvious choice was "ubuntu-bug kernel" (which I
tried first) that also failed.
So, I tried to report a bug against ubuntu-bug with "ubuntu-bug
ubuntu-bug", not installed! According to the web site
<https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+search> ubuntu-bug does not belong to
any package! OK it is a link. Try again with the real binary name;
apport-bug is not installed either!
If you want feedback from ordinary users, bugs in the bug reporting
system are serious.
When apport is given a name that is not a package name it could follow a few
simple steps to at lest provide hints to user;
"ls -l $(which ubuntu-bug)" shows that it is a link,
"ls -l --dereference $(which ubuntu-bug)" shows what it links to, and
"dpkg-query --search $(ls --dereference $(which ubuntu-bug))" even reports
"apport: /usr/bin/ubuntu-bug".
That would be a useful clue to most users. Note, "dpkg-query --search
ubuntu-bug" is less useful.
As for kernel bugs, it should at least behave as documented. Please
add an extra line of code so that as a special case both "ubuntu-bug
linux" and "ubuntu-bug kernel" work.
There have been many times that apport has stated that a bug could not
be reported and I had believed that it was because there were non-
standard packages installed, now I am not so sure.
TIA
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: apport 2.19.4-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-2.16-generic 4.4.0
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-2-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.19.4-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Sun Feb 28 13:06:32 2016
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-02-03 (24 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Alpha amd64 (20160202)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: apport
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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