[Bug 877848] [NEW] apport can't find firefox - FAIL!

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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/apport/apport-gtk", line 368, in <module>
    app.run_argv()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/apport/ui.py", line 553, in run_argv
    return self.run_report_bug()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/apport/ui.py", line 369, in run_report_bug
    self.collect_info(symptom_script)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/apport/ui.py", line 769, in collect_info
    icthread.exc_raise()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/apport/REThread.py", line 34, in run
    self._retval = self.__target(*self.__args, **self.__kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/apport/ui.py", line 84, in thread_collect_info
    not apport.packaging.is_distro_package(report['Package'].split()[0])) \
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/apport/packaging_impl.py", line 134, in is_distro_package
    for line in open(f):
IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'firefox'
walt at aardvark:~(1)$ type -a firefox
firefox is /usr/bin/firefox
walt at aardvark:~(0)$ ls -l /usr/bin/firefox
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 2011-10-03 17:02 /usr/bin/firefox -> ../lib/firefox-7.0.1/firefox.sh
walt at aardvark:~(0)$ dpkg -S /usr/lib/firefox-7.0.1/firefox.sh
firefox: /usr/lib/firefox-7.0.1/firefox.sh
walt at aardvark:~(0)$ dpkg -l firefox
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Cfg-files/Unpacked/Failed-cfg/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name                            Version                         Description
+++-===============================-===============================-==============================================================================
ii  firefox                         7.0.1+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0 Safe and easy web browser from Mozilla

$ 
walt at aardvark:~(0)$ lsb_release --all
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID:	Ubuntu
Description:	Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS
Release:	10.04
Codename:	lucid

walt at aardvark:~(0)$ uname -a
Linux aardvark 2.6.32-34-generic #77-Ubuntu SMP Tue Sep 13 19:39:17 UTC 2011 x86_64 GNU/Linux

** Affects: apport (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Confirmed


** Tags: patch
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apport can't find firefox - FAIL!
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/877848
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