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apport package

apport isn't started on new installs

Bug #1722801 reported by Iain Lane
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
apport (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
High
Brian Murray
Artful
Fix Released
High
Brian Murray

Bug Description

with this version:

root@cosmic-terrapin:~# apt policy apport
apport:
  Installed: 2.20.7-0ubuntu2
  Candidate: 2.20.7-0ubuntu2
  Version table:
 *** 2.20.7-0ubuntu2 500
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

the rc*.d links aren't installed

root@cosmic-terrapin:~# ls -l /etc/rc*.d/*apport*
ls: cannot access '/etc/rc*.d/*apport*': No such file or directory

which means that apport isn't started, so it doesn't set up the core_pattern.

on zesty, it seems good

root@sharing-macaw:~# apt policy apport
apport:
  Installed: 2.20.4-0ubuntu4.5
  Candidate: 2.20.4-0ubuntu4.5
  Version table:
 *** 2.20.4-0ubuntu4.5 500
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-updates/main amd64 Packages
        500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-security/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     2.20.4-0ubuntu4 500
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty/main amd64 Packages

root@sharing-macaw:~# ls -l /etc/rc*.d/*apport*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Oct 11 13:17 /etc/rc2.d/S01apport -> ../init.d/apport
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Oct 11 13:17 /etc/rc3.d/S01apport -> ../init.d/apport
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Oct 11 13:17 /etc/rc4.d/S01apport -> ../init.d/apport
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Oct 11 13:17 /etc/rc5.d/S01apport -> ../init.d/apport

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

That's likely a side effect of that upload
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/2.20.6-0ubuntu5

the removal of the upstart script changed the generated output from dh_installinit

Changed in apport (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → High
tags: added: rls-aa-incoming
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Iain Lane (laney) wrote :

maybe we need to call dh_installinit -papport -o?

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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote :

There is no apport.init in the debian directory by adding a symlink for that to etc/init.d/apport I was able to get a postinst with:

# Automatically added by dh_installinit/10.7.2ubuntu2
if [ "$1" = "configure" ] || [ "$1" = "abort-upgrade" ]; then
        if [ -x "/etc/init.d/apport" ]; then
                update-rc.d apport defaults >/dev/null
                invoke-rc.d apport start || true
        fi
fi
# End automatically added section

Changed in apport (Ubuntu):
status: New → In Progress
assignee: nobody → Brian Murray (brian-murray)
Revision history for this message
Iain Lane (laney) wrote : Re: [Bug 1722801] Re: apport isn't started on new installs

On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 09:17:53PM -0000, Brian Murray wrote:
> There is no apport.init in the debian directory by adding a symlink for
> that to etc/init.d/apport I was able to get a postinst with:
>
> # Automatically added by dh_installinit/10.7.2ubuntu2
> if [ "$1" = "configure" ] || [ "$1" = "abort-upgrade" ]; then
> if [ -x "/etc/init.d/apport" ]; then
> update-rc.d apport defaults >/dev/null
> invoke-rc.d apport start || true
> fi
> fi
> # End automatically added section

Yeah, I think telling dh_installinit to do that with -o is similar to
this - from the manpage:

       -o, --only-scripts
           Only modify postinst/postrm/prerm scripts, do not actually install any init script, default files,
           upstart job or systemd service file. May be useful if the file is shipped and/or installed by
           upstream in a way that doesn't make it easy to let dh_installinit find it.

That sounds like what we're doing here, and seems to generate the same
code in postinst/postrm.

--
Iain Lane [ <email address hidden> ]
Debian Developer [ <email address hidden> ]
Ubuntu Developer [ <email address hidden> ]

Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package apport - 2.20.7-0ubuntu3

---------------
apport (2.20.7-0ubuntu3) artful; urgency=medium

  * Make debian/apport.init a symlink to etc/init.d/apport so that
    dh_installinit creates a good postinst. (LP: #1722801)

 -- Brian Murray <email address hidden> Wed, 11 Oct 2017 14:26:50 -0700

Changed in apport (Ubuntu Artful):
status: In Progress → Fix Released
Francis Ginther (fginther)
tags: added: id-59de239c0529887e03f395de
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