I can confirm this. The problem is, as the reporter described, because
the files in /var/crash are constantly changing whilst Apport is doing
it's job.
When something changes in /var/crash, update-notifier calls /usr/share
/apport-checkreports up to 5 seconds later to see if there are any new
crash reports. apport-checkreports indicates that there are new reports
if any files modified time in /var/crash is newer than it's accessed
time (I think). Therefore, apport-checkreports will be called every 5
seconds whilst a report is being generated, and it will indicate that
there are new reports each time it is called.
The logic in crashreport_check() in update-notifier will display the
tray icon if there are new reports (as indicated by apport-checkreports)
AND one of these is a system report (ie, a crash of a root daemon - also
indicated by apport-checkreports).
This doesn't happen with crashes of user applications, because update-
notifier follows a different codepath which leads to apport-gtk being
launched instead of the tray icon being directly displayed.
** Changed in: apport (Ubuntu)
Sourcepackagename: None => apport
Status: Incomplete => Confirmed
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