[Bug 1050569] Re: Cannot file a bug using apport after performing offline installation

[Martin Pitt]

Right, as Ubiquity is not installed in the target system, it cannot
determine the package status/files/version/etc. I'm not keen on running
apt-get update in apport, as that can take a long time (or not work at
all if you are offline), and feels wrong to me. However, we could teach
it to special-case ubiquity to send log files etc. even when ubiquity is
not installed any more.

I don't think we want to try and forge the apt lists in Ubiquity;
creating them should be apt's job the first time the computer is online
in my opinion, so I tentatively set the ubiquity task to wont fix.

** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Won't Fix

** Summary changed:

- Cannot file a bug using apport after performing offline installation
+ Cannot file an ubiquity bug using apport after performing offline installation

** Project changed: apport => apport (Ubuntu)

** Changed in: apport (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Low

** Changed in: apport (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Triaged

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Title:
  Cannot file an ubiquity bug using apport after performing offline
  installation

Status in “apport” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  Won't Fix

Bug description:
  After performing an offline installation, I am unable to run apport
  via ubuntu-bug to file a bug against ubiquity until I first run an
  apt-get update to update the archive. When an installation is offline,
  it seems like this list is missing. Apport gives the following error:

  dpkg-query: no packages found matching ubiquity

  After running the update, everything went fine, and obviously, network
  access is required to file a bug. However, this interaction is
  confusing, and if possible should be fixed. Could ubiquity generate
  the list during an offline install? Could apport run an update if it
  doesn't find the package in the current list before giving the error?
  This might just be a 'won't fix'.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
  Package: ubiquity (not installed)
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-14.16-generic 3.5.3
  Uname: Linux 3.5.0-14-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.5.1-0ubuntu7
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Thu Sep 13 15:07:51 2012
  InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- maybe-ubiquity
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha amd64 (20120913.3)
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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