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whoopsie-preferences package

whoopsie-preferences crashed with SIGSEGV in _IO_new_fclose()

Bug #1239811 reported by Jean-Baptiste Lallement
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This bug affects 11 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
whoopsie-preferences (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
High
Brian Murray
Saucy
Won't Fix
High
Unassigned
Trusty
Fix Released
High
Brian Murray

Bug Description

TEST CASE:
1. Go to system-settings / Security & Privacy / Diagnostics
2. Uncheck / Check "App crashes and errors

ACTUAL RESULT
Cannot reenable the checkbox because of this crash

EXPECTED RESULT
No crash

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: whoopsie-preferences 0.9
Uname: Linux 3.4.0-3-mako armv7l
ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2
Architecture: armhf
Date: Mon Oct 14 20:42:15 2013
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/whoopsie-preferences
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-14 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 - armhf (20131014)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/whoopsie-preferences
ProcEnviron:

Signal: 11
SourcePackage: whoopsie-preferences
StacktraceTop:
 fclose () from /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libc.so.6
 ?? ()
 ?? ()
Title: whoopsie-preferences crashed with SIGSEGV in fclose()
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups:

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Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel) wrote :
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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote :

StacktraceTop:
 _IO_new_fclose (fp=0x0) at iofclose.c:54
 whoopsie_automatic_reporting_changed () at whoopsie-preferences.c:195
 g_closure_invoke () from /tmp/apport_sandbox_9ZCct8/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libgobject-2.0.so.0
 signal_emit_unlocked_R () at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.38.0/./gobject/gsignal.c:3586
 g_signal_emit_valist () at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.38.0/./gobject/gsignal.c:3330

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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote : Stacktrace.txt
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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote : StacktraceSource.txt
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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote : ThreadStacktrace.txt
Changed in whoopsie-preferences (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
summary: - whoopsie-preferences crashed with SIGSEGV in fclose()
+ whoopsie-preferences crashed with SIGSEGV in _IO_new_fclose()
tags: removed: need-armhf-retrace
Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)
Changed in whoopsie-preferences (Ubuntu):
importance: Medium → High
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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote :

I believe this is because whoopsie-preferences is trying to write to /etc/apport/autoreport which is read-only on the phone image.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in whoopsie-preferences (Ubuntu Saucy):
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in whoopsie-preferences (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Brian Murray (brian-murray)
Changed in whoopsie-preferences (Ubuntu Saucy):
status: Confirmed → Won't Fix
Changed in whoopsie-preferences (Ubuntu Trusty):
assignee: nobody → Brian Murray (brian-murray)
status: Confirmed → In Progress
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package whoopsie-preferences - 0.10

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whoopsie-preferences (0.10) trusty; urgency=low

  * Change location of file indicating that automatic crash reporting is
    enabled. (LP: #1239811)
 -- Brian Murray <email address hidden> Mon, 06 Jan 2014 12:11:36 -0800

Changed in whoopsie-preferences (Ubuntu Trusty):
status: In Progress → Fix Released
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