[Bug 1997912] Re: /usr/share/apport/whoopsie-upload-all:binascii.Error:/usr/share/apport/whoopsie-upload-all at 249:main:collect_info:process_report:load:_decompress_line:b64decode

[Benjamin Drung]

Fix merged upstream into main:
https://github.com/canonical/apport/commit/b06d44fb61e51dd637cab89452b7c6b632c7e243

** Changed in: apport
       Status: New => Fix Committed

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

** Changed in: apport (Ubuntu)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Benjamin Drung (bdrung)

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Title:
  /usr/share/apport/whoopsie-upload-
  all:binascii.Error:/usr/share/apport/whoopsie-upload-
  all at 249:main:collect_info:process_report:load:_decompress_line:b64decode

Status in Apport:
  Fix Committed
Status in apport package in Ubuntu:
  In Progress
Status in apport source package in Kinetic:
  New

Bug description:
  ```
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/usr/share/apport/whoopsie-upload-all", line 249, in <module>
      main()
    File "/usr/share/apport/whoopsie-upload-all", line 231, in main
      stamps = collect_info()
    File "/usr/share/apport/whoopsie-upload-all", line 162, in collect_info
      res = process_report(r)
    File "/usr/share/apport/whoopsie-upload-all", line 76, in process_report
      r.load(f, binary="compressed")
    File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/problem_report.py", line 139, in load
      bd, value = self._decompress_line(line, bd, value)
    File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/problem_report.py", line 276, in _decompress_line
      block = base64.b64decode(line)
    File "/usr/lib/python3.10/base64.py", line 87, in b64decode
      return binascii.a2b_base64(s)
  binascii.Error: Incorrect padding
  ```

  The Ubuntu Error Tracker has been receiving reports about a problem regarding apport.  This problem was most recently seen with package version 2.23.1-0ubuntu3, the problem page at https://errors.ubuntu.com/problem/dd58c8169d2ec8468ccccb8b37471dfb701ac31c contains more details, including versions of packages affected, stacktrace or traceback, and individual crash reports.
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