[Bug 1820132] Re: /usr/share/apport/whoopsie-upload-all:AssertionError:/usr/share/apport/whoopsie-upload-all at 162:collect_info:process_report:add_gdb_info:gdb_command

[Brian Murray]

Here's the better changelog entry:

apport (2.20.10-0ubuntu24) disco; urgency=medium                                                                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
  * debian/control: apport-gtk should depend on whoopsie-preferences as that                                                                                                                                                                   
    is needed to store preferences for reporting crashes. (LP: #1809247)                                                                                                                                                                       
  * apport/report.py, apport/ui.py: raise ValueError if the pid is not                                                                                                                                                                         
    accessible, display an error message for that or an invalid pid. (LP: #1396160)                                                                                                                                                            
  * switch from pyflakes to pyflakes3, drop some python2 code                                                                                                                                                                                  
  * apport/report.py: Have add_gdb_info return a FileNotFoundError if gdb or                                                                                                                                                                   
    the crashing executable are not found and modify whoopsie-upload-all to                                                                                                                                                                    
    upload crashes in that situation. (LP: #1820132)                                                                                                                                                                                           
  * debian/control, apport/hookutils.py: pkexec does not work in non-graphical                                                                                                                                                                 
    environments yet (LP #1821415) and its providing package should only be                                                                                                                                                                    
    a suggests because gathering of information as root isn't entirely                                                                                                                                                                         
    necessary for a bug report.

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Title:
  /usr/share/apport/whoopsie-upload-all:AssertionError:/usr/share/apport
  /whoopsie-upload-
  all at 162:collect_info:process_report:add_gdb_info:gdb_command

Status in apport package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in apport source package in Bionic:
  Triaged
Status in apport source package in Disco:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  The Ubuntu Error Tracker has been receiving reports about a problem regarding apport.  This problem was most recently seen with package version 2.20.10-0ubuntu23, the problem page at https://errors.ubuntu.com/problem/4a48673e60f08b7d2b9067d1b47766a57f7e693e contains more details, including versions of packages affected, stacktrace or traceback, and individual crash reports.
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