This bug was fixed in the package apport - 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.2
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apport (2.20.1-0ubuntu2.2) xenial; urgency=medium
[ Martin Pitt ]
* hookutils, attach_root_command_outputs(): Return str again, like before
2.15.2. (LP: #1446537)
-- Brian Murray <br...@ubuntu.com> Tue, 29 Nov 2016 10:17:51 -0800
** Changed in: apport (Ubuntu Xenial)
Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1446537
Title:
apport hook fails in add_info with TypeError: 'str' does not support
the buffer interface
Status in apport package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Status in apport source package in Xenial:
Fix Released
Bug description:
Impact
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Some apport package hooks are not able to check the contents of log files for
errors, e.g. looking for hard disk errors in ubiquity install logs, so we may
be getting crash reports that we don't want.
Test Case
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⟫ ubuntu-bug ubiquity
dpkg-query: aucun paquet ne correspond à ubiquity
ERROR: hook /usr/share/apport/package-hooks/source_ubiquity.py crashed:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport/report.py", line 197, in
_run_hook
symb['add_info'](report, ui)
File "/usr/share/apport/package-hooks/source_ubiquity.py", line 61, in
add_info
if 'Buffer I/O error on device' in syslog:
TypeError: 'str' does not support the buffer interface
With the version of the package in the archive you'll see the above
Traceback, with the version of proposed you will not.
Regression Potential
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The change uses a try, except clause to do the decoding of the log file so
there should be little chance of a regression.
ProblemType: BugDistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
Package: ubiquity (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-14.14-generic 3.19.3
Uname: Linux 3.19.0-14-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Tue Apr 21 10:15:56 2015
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-09-03 (594 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Alpha amd64
(20130902)SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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