[Bug 224071] Re: notifier detects crashes before core is finished being written

[Marcus Tomlinson]

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

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Title:
  notifier detects crashes before core is finished being written

Status in apport package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: apport

  When a very large program crashes (say... firefox), the crash notifier will pop up before the crash file has been written out all the way, causing a number of issues:
   - repeated "new crash" notification popups as the crash file grows
   - apport-gtk complains the crash is corrupted (since it is still growing)

  I would suggest an rsync-style "temp" filename to be used until apport
  is finished building the crash file, which can then be moved into
  place.

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