New information in bugs reported by apport

[Brian Murray]

I've recently added a couple of features to apport which modify the
information collected when a bug reporter reports a bug about any
package.

One is the addition of details regarding modified conffiles which are
a part of the package about which the bug is being reported.  The bug
description will contain a key like 'mtime.conffile.' and data about
when the conffile was modified.  Additionally, if the user approves it
the conffile will be attached.  You can see an example of this in
http://launchpad.net/bugs/815803.

The other feature is the inclusion of upstart override files[1].  In the
event that the package provides a conffile file that appears in
'/etc/init' a check will be made for a .override file.  If one exists an
attachment with the name formatted like 'acpid.override' will be added
to the bug report.

These additions to apport should give you more information about how
bug reporters are using your software and help spot configuration errors
more quickly.

[1] http://launchpad.net/bugs/803977

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Brian Murray
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