[Bug 984254] Re: Handle old crashes of already updated software packages

[Marcus Tomlinson]

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

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Title:
  Handle old crashes of already updated software packages

Status in apport package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  If there are crash files from the time before the last reboot they
  will be presented to the user as if the failure has just happened. In
  some cases a fixed software could already be running when the report
  of the old software is reported to the user, see bug #971839.

  Ideally apport should check if a crash is from an older software as
  the currently installed one and also notify the user that this failure
  is old and could already be fixed.

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