On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 11:02:35AM +0100, Brendan Donegan wrote: > On 25/09/12 15:54, Brian Murray wrote: > >On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 09:44:25AM +0200, Gabor Toth wrote: > >>Just a question here. > >> > >> From time to time I get a system crash window popping up and saying > >>that there was a crash. I click on send the report - of course - and > >>then it comes up with another window saying "The crash belongs to a > >>package that is not installed." > >> > >>I do not get it. How can a package crash that is not even installed? > >>Can anyone light my way in this? > >Knowing what the contents of /var/crash is would be helpful in > >determining which application crashed. For example: > > > >/var/crash/_usr_share_apport_apportcheckresume.1000.crash > > > >indicates the application /usr/share/apport/apportcheckresume crashed > >and I know that is a part of apport. (You could check via dpkg -S > >/usr/share/apport/apportcheckresume.) Then I can use apt-cache policy > >to see if apport is installed: > > > >apport: > > Installed: 2.5.2-0ubuntu4 > > Candidate: 2.5.2-0ubuntu4 > > > >-- > >Brian Murray > >Ubuntu Bug Master > > > Something similar happens when the version of the package that > crashed does not match the one in the archive. It is intended to > stop bugs from being reported on old package versions, but the text > is deeply confusing. I wonder is it that?
Are you referring to this Unreportable Reason? http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-branches/ubuntu/quantal/apport/quantal/view/head:/apport/ui.py#L122 That doesn't seem terribly confusing to me. If it isn't that particular reason search for other Unreportable Reason instances and please let me know which one is confusing. Thanks! -- Brian Murray Ubuntu Bug Master -- Ubuntu-qa mailing list Ubuntu-qa@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-qa
