The confusing file "/etc/default/apport.default" was added silently in version 0.149: no hint in the changelog file.
I just upgraded to version 1.0-0ubuntu4, and it is worse, because both files have different settings. And the last change occurs in the wrong file: "Disable Apport by default for the final release." u...@jaunty$ diff -u /etc/default/apport* --- /etc/default/apport 2009-03-05 15:41:19.000000000 +0100 +++ /etc/default/apport.default 2009-04-14 11:55:25.000000000 +0200 @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ # set this to 0 to disable apport, or to 1 to enable it # you can temporarily override this with # sudo force_start=1 /etc/init.d/apport start -enabled=1 +enabled=0 # set maximum core dump file size (default: 209715200 bytes == 200 MB) maxsize=209715200 u...@jaunty$ sed -n '14p;23p' /etc/init.d/apport NAME=apport [ -e /etc/default/$NAME ] && . /etc/default/$NAME || true -- apport ships 2 identical files in /etc/default/ https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/361017 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs