[Ubuntu Wiki] Update of "Bugs/FindRightPackage" by cyan-spam
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Reword to make more sense without the "Report a Problem" menu item
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- To ensure that the right people see a bug report, every report should identify the software "package" related to the bug. Most of the time, this information will be added to bug reports automatically (see [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs | ReportingBugs]]), but sometimes you must manually specify the package--when running ubuntu-bug directly, for example. This page contains information to help identify the related package.
+ To ensure that the right people see a bug report, every report should identify the software [[Package|package]] related to the bug. When running `ubuntu-bug` (see [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs | ReportingBugs]]), one must sometimes specify the package manually. This page contains information to help identify the related package.
== Common Scenarios ==
In most situations, you can identify the problem package based on the scenario in which the bug occurs. Below is a list of common scenarios and instructions to find the related package.
- === Application without a menu ===
+ === Applications ===
- Some applications, such as many preferences dialogs, do not have a menu and thus do not have a "Report a Problem" link. In these cases, you must first determine the executable name for the application and then find the package to which the executable belongs.
+ Applications in released versions of Ubuntu no longer have a "Report a Problem" menu item. Thus, you must first determine the executable name for the application and then find the package to which the executable belongs.
==== Determining the Executable Path ====
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