[Bug 773429] Re: apport_pkgfailure function of DistUpgradeApport.py should include current dmesg

[Brian Murray]

I actually included this in the generic update-manager apport package
hook so it'll appear in all update-manager bug reports instead of just
distribution upgrades.

'''apport package hook for update-manager

(c) 2011 Canonical Ltd.
Author: Brian Murray <brian at ubuntu.com>
'''

from apport.hookutils import *


def add_info(report):

    # collect gconf settings for update-manager
    report['GconfUpdateManager'] = command_output(['gconftool-2', '-R',
        '/apps/update-manager'])
    # grab the non-default values too as it is easier to compare with both the
    # settings and the non-default values
    attach_gconf(report, 'update-manager')
    attach_file_if_exists(report, '/var/log/apt/history.log',
        'DpkgHistoryLog.txt')
    attach_root_command_outputs(report,
        {'DpkgTerminalLog.txt': 'cat /var/log/apt/term.log',
         'CurrentDmesg.txt': 'dmesg | comm -13 --nocheck-order /var/log/dmesg -'}) 

** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu Oneiric)
       Status: Triaged => Fix Released

** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu Oneiric)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Brian Murray (brian-murray)

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Title:
  apport_pkgfailure function of DistUpgradeApport.py should include
  current dmesg

Status in “update-manager” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “update-manager” source package in Oneiric:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: update-manager

  It'd be useful to include a current version of dmesg with apport
  package failures during distribution upgrades to help determine if the
  reporter is experiencing hardware failure.  See bug 773137 and its
  VarLogDistUpgradeMainlog.gz which contains the following:

  2011-04-29 05:51:51,011 ERROR got an error from dpkg for pkg: '/var/cache/apt/archives/xulrunner-1.9.2_1.9.2.17+build3+nobinonly-  0ubuntu1_amd64.deb': 'short read on buffer copy for backend dpkg-deb during `./usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.2.17/components/              libdbusservice.so''
  2011-04-29 05:51:51,011 DEBUG running apport_pkgfailure() xulrunner-1.9.2: short read on buffer copy for backend dpkg-deb during   `./usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.2.17/components/libdbusservice.so'
  2011-04-29 05:51:51,029 ERROR got an error from dpkg for pkg: '/var/cache/apt/archives/xulrunner-1.9.2_1.9.2.17+build3+nobinonly-  0ubuntu1_amd64.deb': 'short read on buffer copy for backend dpkg-deb during `./usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.2.17/components/              libdbusservice.so''

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