Hmm, mark_report_seen() shouldn't just silently ignore this. Why does apport-gtk pick up this report from root in the first place? Maybe your python crash interception creates the files world-readable? They should be 0600 for privacy reasons.
** Changed in: apport (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Martin Pitt Status: Unconfirmed => Needs Info -- After 'filing a bug' for a program that ran as root, apport-gtk crashes https://launchpad.net/bugs/72250 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs