[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1196740] Re: not all package install failures generate a crash report
This still affects recent versions of Ubuntu. ** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu) Status: Invalid = Triaged ** Tags added: trusty vivid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to software-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1196740 Title: not all package install failures generate a crash report Status in software-center package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: I was trying to install the package crash-in-postinst package from the following PPA, https://launchpad.net/~daisy-pluckers/+archive/daisy- seeds/+packages. This package is specifically designed to fail during the post installation due to a maintainer script error. I was surprised to discover that software-center did not create a package install failure crash file in this case. I did receive an error message from aptdaemon that said the Package operation failed. Digging into the software-center code I found the following: # lintian errors are ignored and not send to apport_recoverable_error # and dpkg errors as well as they will already be recorded separately # by apt itself if error_code in (enums.ERROR_INVALID_PACKAGE_FILE, enums.ERROR_PACKAGE_MANAGER_FAILED): return For some reason these errors are not being recorded when the package manager has failed. However, if one uses 'apt-get install' or 'aptdcon' to install the same package you will get a crash report. So I believe it is something with software-center itself that is preventing these crash reports from being generated. Apport provides a package_hook script, /usr/share/apport/package_hook, for creating package install failures so we could call that from software-center. I've written a patch that does just that. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: software-center 13.05-0ubuntu1 [modified: usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/backend/installbackend_impl/aptd.py usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/paths.py] ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.10.0-1.8-generic 3.10.0-rc7 Uname: Linux 3.10.0-1-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.10.2-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 CheckboxSubmission: 2e6ecd139611830c78226ad04ff4c093 CheckboxSystem: bb422ca46d02494cdbc459927a98bc2f Date: Mon Jul 1 15:47:33 2013 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationDate: Installed on 2010-11-17 (956 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat - Release amd64 (20101007) MarkForUpload: True PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: software-center UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-06-04 (27 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+bug/1196740/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1196740] Re: not all package install failures generate a crash report
That version is no more maintained ** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed = Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to software-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1196740 Title: not all package install failures generate a crash report Status in software-center package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: I was trying to install the package crash-in-postinst package from the following PPA, https://launchpad.net/~daisy-pluckers/+archive/daisy- seeds/+packages. This package is specifically designed to fail during the post installation due to a maintainer script error. I was surprised to discover that software-center did not create a package install failure crash file in this case. I did receive an error message from aptdaemon that said the Package operation failed. Digging into the software-center code I found the following: # lintian errors are ignored and not send to apport_recoverable_error # and dpkg errors as well as they will already be recorded separately # by apt itself if error_code in (enums.ERROR_INVALID_PACKAGE_FILE, enums.ERROR_PACKAGE_MANAGER_FAILED): return For some reason these errors are not being recorded when the package manager has failed. However, if one uses 'apt-get install' or 'aptdcon' to install the same package you will get a crash report. So I believe it is something with software-center itself that is preventing these crash reports from being generated. Apport provides a package_hook script, /usr/share/apport/package_hook, for creating package install failures so we could call that from software-center. I've written a patch that does just that. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: software-center 13.05-0ubuntu1 [modified: usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/backend/installbackend_impl/aptd.py usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/paths.py] ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.10.0-1.8-generic 3.10.0-rc7 Uname: Linux 3.10.0-1-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.10.2-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 CheckboxSubmission: 2e6ecd139611830c78226ad04ff4c093 CheckboxSystem: bb422ca46d02494cdbc459927a98bc2f Date: Mon Jul 1 15:47:33 2013 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationDate: Installed on 2010-11-17 (956 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat - Release amd64 (20101007) MarkForUpload: True PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: software-center UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-06-04 (27 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+bug/1196740/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1196740] Re: not all package install failures generate a crash report
Here is an incomplete patch using the package_hook utility to create .crash files. However, there is an issue with the naming of attachments and code in the general Ubuntu hook (ubuntu.py) for handling dpkg log files. The issue being that the log file will be called VarLogAptTermlog and not DpkgTerminalLog like ubuntu.py expects. ** Patch added: package_hook.patch https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+bug/1196740/+attachment/3721258/+files/package_hook.patch ** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided = High ** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu) Status: New = Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to software-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1196740 Title: not all package install failures generate a crash report Status in “software-center” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: I was trying to install the package crash-in-postinst package from the following PPA, https://launchpad.net/~daisy-pluckers/+archive/daisy- seeds/+packages. This package is specifically designed to fail during the post installation due to a maintainer script error. I was surprised to discover that software-center did not create a package install failure crash file in this case. I did receive an error message from aptdaemon that said the Package operation failed. Digging into the software-center code I found the following: # lintian errors are ignored and not send to apport_recoverable_error # and dpkg errors as well as they will already be recorded separately # by apt itself if error_code in (enums.ERROR_INVALID_PACKAGE_FILE, enums.ERROR_PACKAGE_MANAGER_FAILED): return For some reason these errors are not being recorded when the package manager has failed. However, if one uses 'apt-get install' or 'aptdcon' to install the same package you will get a crash report. So I believe it is something with software-center itself that is preventing these crash reports from being generated. Apport provides a package_hook script, /usr/share/apport/package_hook, for creating package install failures so we could call that from software-center. I've written a patch that does just that. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: software-center 13.05-0ubuntu1 [modified: usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/backend/installbackend_impl/aptd.py usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/paths.py] ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.10.0-1.8-generic 3.10.0-rc7 Uname: Linux 3.10.0-1-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.10.2-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 CheckboxSubmission: 2e6ecd139611830c78226ad04ff4c093 CheckboxSystem: bb422ca46d02494cdbc459927a98bc2f Date: Mon Jul 1 15:47:33 2013 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationDate: Installed on 2010-11-17 (956 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat - Release amd64 (20101007) MarkForUpload: True PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: software-center UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-06-04 (27 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+bug/1196740/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1196740] Re: not all package install failures generate a crash report
** Tags added: patch -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to software-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1196740 Title: not all package install failures generate a crash report Status in “software-center” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: I was trying to install the package crash-in-postinst package from the following PPA, https://launchpad.net/~daisy-pluckers/+archive/daisy- seeds/+packages. This package is specifically designed to fail during the post installation due to a maintainer script error. I was surprised to discover that software-center did not create a package install failure crash file in this case. I did receive an error message from aptdaemon that said the Package operation failed. Digging into the software-center code I found the following: # lintian errors are ignored and not send to apport_recoverable_error # and dpkg errors as well as they will already be recorded separately # by apt itself if error_code in (enums.ERROR_INVALID_PACKAGE_FILE, enums.ERROR_PACKAGE_MANAGER_FAILED): return For some reason these errors are not being recorded when the package manager has failed. However, if one uses 'apt-get install' or 'aptdcon' to install the same package you will get a crash report. So I believe it is something with software-center itself that is preventing these crash reports from being generated. Apport provides a package_hook script, /usr/share/apport/package_hook, for creating package install failures so we could call that from software-center. I've written a patch that does just that. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: software-center 13.05-0ubuntu1 [modified: usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/backend/installbackend_impl/aptd.py usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/paths.py] ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.10.0-1.8-generic 3.10.0-rc7 Uname: Linux 3.10.0-1-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.10.2-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 CheckboxSubmission: 2e6ecd139611830c78226ad04ff4c093 CheckboxSystem: bb422ca46d02494cdbc459927a98bc2f Date: Mon Jul 1 15:47:33 2013 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationDate: Installed on 2010-11-17 (956 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat - Release amd64 (20101007) MarkForUpload: True PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: software-center UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-06-04 (27 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+bug/1196740/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
