[Bug 1856255] Re: Apport-bug wrongly complains about the program not being installed

[Martin Constantino–Bodin]

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

** Summary changed:

- Apport-bug wrongly complains about the program not being installed
+ Apport-bug could suggest a package instead of complaining about the program not being installed

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Title:
  Apport-bug could suggest a package instead of complaining about the
  program not being installed

Status in apport package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  I typed “apport-bug ifconfig” because ifconfig was wrongly behaving.
  Apport told me that ifconfig was not installed.  But it was!  So I
  restarted my computer, just in case, but the bug is still there.  And
  for all programs that it tried.  Including Apport itself.

  Currently, when I type “apport-bug apport-bug”, I get a window
  “Problem in apport-bug” with the following message: “The problem
  cannot be reported: This report is about a package that is not
  installed.” (See screenshot here-attached.)

  The error message is clearly wrong: apport-bug must be installed to be able to display this window.
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  ProblemType: Bug
  ApportLog:
   ERROR: apport (pid 7467) Thu Dec 12 23:14:13 2019: called for pid 7431, signal 6, core limit 0, dump mode 1
   ERROR: apport (pid 7467) Thu Dec 12 23:14:13 2019: executable: /home/martin/.steam/ubuntu12_64/vulkandriverquery (command line "/home/martin/.steam/ubuntu12_32/../ubuntu12_64/vulkandriverquery")
   ERROR: apport (pid 7467) Thu Dec 12 23:14:13 2019: executable does not belong to a package, ignoring
  ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.9
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  DistributionChannelDescriptor:
   # This is the distribution channel descriptor for the OEM CDs
   # For more information see http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DistributionChannelDescriptor
   canonical-oem-somerville-bionic-amd64-20180608-47+berlinetta-cfl-r+X77
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-08-28 (105 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04 "Bionic" - Build amd64 LIVE Binary 20180608-09:38
  Package: apport 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.9
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm-256color
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-1065.75-oem 4.15.18
  Tags:  bionic
  Uname: Linux 4.15.0-1065-oem x86_64
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo
  _MarkForUpload: True

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