[Bug 1262915] Re: apport-gtk crashed with ValueError in _apt_pkg(): package acroread-bin does not exist

[Christopher M. Penalver]

I don't use 14.04, would never install EOL acroread, and issue was only
reproducible against EOL acroread.

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

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Title:
  apport-gtk crashed with ValueError in _apt_pkg(): package acroread-bin
  does not exist

Status in apport package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  1) lsb_release -rd
  Description:	Ubuntu Trusty Tahr (development branch)
  Release:	14.04

  2) apt-cache policy apport-gtk
  apport-gtk:
    Installed: 2.12.7-0ubuntu2
    Candidate: 2.12.7-0ubuntu2
    Version table:
   *** 2.12.7-0ubuntu2 0
          500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

  3) What is expected to happen if one installs
  ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/unix/9.x/9.5.5/enu/AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i386linux_enu.deb

  acroread
  Segmentation fault (core dumped)

  and attempts to file a report against it, apport-gtk doesn't crash.

  4) What happens is it does.

  ProblemType: Crash
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: apport-gtk 2.12.7-0ubuntu2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.12.0-7.15-generic 3.12.4
  Uname: Linux 3.12.0-7-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.12.7-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: amd64
  CrashReports:
   640:1000:116:820823:2013-12-19 16:53:09.824448585 -0600:2013-12-19 16:53:10.824448585 -0600:/var/crash/_opt_Adobe_Reader9_Reader_intellinux_bin_acroread.1000.crash
   640:1000:116:56516:2013-12-19 16:53:16.724448442 -0600:2013-12-19 16:53:17.724448442 -0600:/var/crash/_usr_share_apport_apport-gtk.1000.crash
  Date: Thu Dec 19 16:53:17 2013
  ExecutablePath: /usr/share/apport/apport-gtk
  ExecutableTimestamp: 1386690210
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-12-19 (0 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha amd64 (20131219)
  InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python3.3
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python3 /usr/share/apport/apport-gtk
  ProcCwd: /home/moniker
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_US
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  PythonArgs: ['/usr/share/apport/apport-gtk']
  SourcePackage: apport
  Title: apport-gtk crashed with ValueError in _apt_pkg(): package acroread-bin does not exist
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo

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