bdmurray@clean-eoan-amd64:~$ apt-cache policy apport apport: Installed: 2.20.11-0ubuntu8.5 Candidate: 2.20.11-0ubuntu8.5 Version table: *** 2.20.11-0ubuntu8.5 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan-proposed/main amd64 Packages 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan-proposed/main i386 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status bdmurray@clean-eoan-amd64:~$ sudo cat /proc/sys/fs/protected_regular 0 bdmurray@clean-eoan-amd64:~$ sudo /usr/share/apport/whoopsie-upload-all /var/crash/_usr_share_dput_execute-dput.1000.crash already marked for upload, skipping Collecting info for /var/crash/_usr_bin_screen.1000.crash... Marking /var/crash/_usr_bin_screen.1000.crash for whoopsie upload All reports processed
With the version of apport in -proposed we can see that crash reporting still works with /proc/sys/fs/protected_regular set to 0.
bdmurray@ clean-eoan- amd64:~ $ apt-cache policy apport archive. ubuntu. com/ubuntu eoan-proposed/main amd64 Packages archive. ubuntu. com/ubuntu eoan-proposed/main i386 Packages dpkg/status clean-eoan- amd64:~ $ sudo cat /proc/sys/ fs/protected_ regular clean-eoan- amd64:~ $ sudo /usr/share/ apport/ whoopsie- upload- all _usr_share_ dput_execute- dput.1000. crash already marked for upload, skipping _usr_bin_ screen. 1000.crash. .. _usr_bin_ screen. 1000.crash for whoopsie upload
apport:
Installed: 2.20.11-0ubuntu8.5
Candidate: 2.20.11-0ubuntu8.5
Version table:
*** 2.20.11-0ubuntu8.5 500
500 http://
500 http://
100 /var/lib/
bdmurray@
0
bdmurray@
/var/crash/
Collecting info for /var/crash/
Marking /var/crash/
All reports processed
With the version of apport in -proposed we can see that crash reporting still works with /proc/sys/ fs/protected_ regular set to 0.