Can confirm is still in 12.04. Perhaps I misunderstand the scope of this bug, but AFAICT this makes every core file submitted by every user to help developers debugging every issue in Ubuntu potentially a red herring, because when a user submits a core it will be from the first crash that occurred rather than the most recent one. Is the main way that people debug their software on Linux being broken really of 'Low' importance? How the heck has every developer put up with this for the last 4 years? :P
In particular this is nasty for development because it means after you fix a bug in your source and rebuild, if your program still crashes but for a different reason than before it will appear as if you didn't fix the bug because the core will be the same. Thankfully gdb warns when the executable is newer than the core or I wouldn't have caught this... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/160999 Title: Apport doesn't overwrite existing core files To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/+bug/160999/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
