[Bug 1342429] Re: ubuntu-bug crashes when there's no sources.list

[Marcus Tomlinson]

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

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Title:
  ubuntu-bug crashes when there's no sources.list

Status in apport package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  $ ubuntu-bug apport

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  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/usr/bin/apport-cli", line 365, in <module>
      if not app.run_argv():
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apport/ui.py", line 554, in run_argv
      return self.run_report_bug()
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apport/ui.py", line 359, in run_report_bug
      self.collect_info(symptom_script)
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apport/ui.py", line 874, in collect_info
      icthread.exc_raise()
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apport/REThread.py", line 34, in run
      self._retval = self.__target(*self.__args, **self.__kwargs)
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apport/ui.py", line 74, in thread_collect_info
      report.add_package_info(package)
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apport/report.py", line 219, in add_package_info
      version = packaging.get_version(package)
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apport/packaging_impl.py", line 92, in get_version
      pkg = self._apt_pkg(package)
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apport/packaging_impl.py", line 85, in _apt_pkg
      return self._cache()[package]
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apport/packaging_impl.py", line 53, in _cache
      self._apt_cache = apt.Cache(progress, rootdir='/')
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 101, in __init__
      self._check_and_create_required_dirs(rootdir)
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 131, in _check_and_create_required_dirs
      open(rootdir + f, "w").close()
  IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '//etc/apt/sources.list'

  If I run it with sudo, then it makes a zero-byte sources.list file.
  The reason we don't have a sources.list is that puppet manages the
  files in /etc/apt/sources.list.d according to the needs of the server.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: apport 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.6
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-42.63~precise1-generic 3.8.13.23
  Uname: Linux 3.8.0-42-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.6
  Architecture: amd64
  CrashReports: 640:3276:106:13876:2014-07-16 11:35:09.958702133 +1200:2014-07-16 11:35:09.958702133 +1200:/var/crash/_usr_bin_apport-bug.3276.crash
  Date: Wed Jul 16 11:46:54 2014
  MarkForUpload: True
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: apport
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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