Public bug reported: Recently I reported a bug against the kernel - apport made this very difficult.
The instructions at <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/FindRightPackage> clearly state that the correct thing to do is to report kernel bugs against the package "linux". That does not work. "ubuntu-bug linux" reports that linux is not installed! After some head-scratching I tried "ubuntu-bug linux-image", that also failed. It did finally work with "ubuntu-bug linux-image-generic", but that is not an obvious choice *and it is contrary to the instructions*. The obvious choice was "ubuntu-bug kernel" (which I tried first) that also failed. So, I tried to report a bug against ubuntu-bug with "ubuntu-bug ubuntu- bug", not installed! According to the web site <https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+search> ubuntu-bug does not belong to any package! OK it is a link. Try again with the real binary name; apport- bug is not installed either! If you want feedback from ordinary users, bugs in the bug reporting system are serious. When apport is given a name that is not a package name it could follow a few simple steps to at lest provide hints to user; "ls -l $(which ubuntu-bug)" shows that it is a link, "ls -l --dereference $(which ubuntu-bug)" shows what it links to, and "dpkg-query --search $(ls --dereference $(which ubuntu-bug))" even reports "apport: /usr/bin/ubuntu-bug". That would be a useful clue to most users. Note, "dpkg-query --search ubuntu-bug" is less useful. As for kernel bugs, it should at least behave as documented. Please add an extra line of code so that as a special case both "ubuntu-bug linux" and "ubuntu-bug kernel" work. There have been many times that apport has stated that a bug could not be reported and I had believed that it was because there were non- standard packages installed, now I am not so sure. TIA ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: apport 2.19.4-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-2.16-generic 4.4.0 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-2-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.19.4-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: XFCE Date: Sun Feb 28 13:06:32 2016 InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-02-03 (24 days ago) InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Alpha amd64 (20160202) PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: apport UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: apport (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug xenial -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1550846 Title: package identification is awful To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/+bug/1550846/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
