[Bug 2078695] Re: /usr/share/apport/package_hook:ValueError:/usr/share/apport/package_hook at 95:main:get_source

[Benjamin Drung]

This crash can happen on upgrades in case the package in question has
been removed on the newer release.

Example call for Ubuntu 24.04 upgrade:

/usr/share/apport/package_hook -p mime-support --tags dist-upgrade [...]

mime-support has been removed in Ubuntu 24.04.

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

** Changed in: apport (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Medium

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Title:
  /usr/share/apport/package_hook:ValueError:/usr/share/apport/package_hook at 95:main:get_source

Status in apport package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  ```
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/usr/share/apport/package_hook", line 95, in <module>
      main()
    File "/usr/share/apport/package_hook", line 71, in main
      report["SourcePackage"] = apport.packaging.get_source(options.package)
                                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport/packaging_impl/apt_dpkg.py", line 308, in get_source
      raise ValueError(f"package {package} does not exist")
  ValueError: package mime-support does not exist
  ```

  The Ubuntu Error Tracker has been receiving reports about a problem regarding apport.  This problem was most recently seen with package version 2.30.0-0ubuntu1, the problem page at https://errors.ubuntu.com/problem/609bbfa0872445d4ba4e4e6947877850c38f41dc contains more details, including versions of packages affected, stacktrace or traceback, and individual crash reports.
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