Public bug reported:
$ ubuntu-bug apport
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Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/apport-cli", line 365, in <module>
if not app.run_argv():
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apport/ui.py", line 554, in run_argv
return self.run_report_bug()
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apport/ui.py", line 359, in
run_report_bug
self.collect_info(symptom_script)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apport/ui.py", line 874, in
collect_info
icthread.exc_raise()
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apport/REThread.py", line 34, in run
self._retval = self.__target(*self.__args, **self.__kwargs)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apport/ui.py", line 74, in
thread_collect_info
report.add_package_info(package)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apport/report.py", line 219, in
add_package_info
version = packaging.get_version(package)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apport/packaging_impl.py", line 92, in
get_version
pkg = self._apt_pkg(package)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apport/packaging_impl.py", line 85, in
_apt_pkg
return self._cache()[package]
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apport/packaging_impl.py", line 53, in
_cache
self._apt_cache = apt.Cache(progress, rootdir='/')
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 101, in __init__
self._check_and_create_required_dirs(rootdir)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 131, in
_check_and_create_required_dirs
open(rootdir + f, "w").close()
IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '//etc/apt/sources.list'
If I run it with sudo, then it makes a zero-byte sources.list file. The
reason we don't have a sources.list is that puppet manages the files in
/etc/apt/sources.list.d according to the needs of the server.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: apport 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.6
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-42.63~precise1-generic 3.8.13.23
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-42-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.6
Architecture: amd64
CrashReports: 640:3276:106:13876:2014-07-16 11:35:09.958702133 +1200:2014-07-16
11:35:09.958702133 +1200:/var/crash/_usr_bin_apport-bug.3276.crash
Date: Wed Jul 16 11:46:54 2014
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: apport
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Affects: apport (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug precise
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