[Bug 1779639] Re: update-notifier does not always trigger apport for existing crashes

[Brian Murray]

** Tags removed: rls-cc-incoming
** Tags added: rls-ee-incoming

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Title:
  update-notifier does not always trigger apport for existing crashes

Status in update-notifier package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  update-notifier does not always check existing crashes until another
  crash file is created

  Test Case.
  1. Stop update-notifier
  2. Create a crash file: sh -c 'kill -SEGV $$'
  3. Start update-notifier (you may need to stop and start more than once to trigger the issue)
  4. Wait for the 3min timeout

  Expected Result
  Apport UI is triggered if reporting is set to manual.

  Actual Result
  In debug mode the following message is displayed on start then nothing happens even after waiting for the 3 minutes timeout
  ** (update-notifier:22999): DEBUG: 12:09:05.768: tray_applet_ui_destroy: hook-notifier
  ** (update-notifier:22999): DEBUG: 12:09:05.768: trayapplet_create()
  ** (update-notifier:22999): DEBUG: 12:09:07.309: crashreport_check

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.10
  Package: update-notifier 3.192.6
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-22.24-generic 4.15.17
  Uname: Linux 4.15.0-22-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Mon Jul  2 12:09:49 2018
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-07-15 (1448 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Alpha amd64 (20140520)
  SourcePackage: update-notifier
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to cosmic on 2018-03-24 (99 days ago)

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