Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: apport
For a long time now, every time I booted my computer apport's bomb icon
appeared in the notification area. When I clicked it it displayed an error
message saying something like: "This problem report does not apply to a
packaged program."
The first problem with this is that the message doesn't tell to which program
it does
apply, so it's hard to find what caused it. It took me some time before I found
out that there was a log in /var/crash.
The second problem is that the message was incorrect -- the report did
apply to a packaged program. It was caused by a python script in
/etc/init.d that belongs to a package. Apparently apport didn't realize
it because the script was run through a symlink in /etc/rcS.d that
points to the script in /etc/init.d. The symlink itself isn't registered
as belonging to the package. So this can be fixed by checking if the
ExecutablePath in the problem report is a symlink and if so, checking
the link's target instead (or in addition).
** Affects: apport (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: Unconfirmed
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apport could look harder for the package
https://launchpad.net/bugs/85529
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