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apport package

Apport interprets packages that ship multiple desktop files as system applications

Bug #974428 reported by Matthew Paul Thomas
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Apport
Triaged
Medium
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apport (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Undecided
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Bug Description

apport 2.0-0ubuntu4, nautilus 1:3.4.0-0ubuntu1, Ubuntu Pangolin

1. Trigger a bug in Nautilus.

What happens: "Sorry, Ubuntu has an experienced an internal error."

What should happen: "The application Nautilus has closed unexpectedly."

See also bug 968157, the same problem with LibreOffice; bug 984823, the same problem with System Settings; and bug 964696, the opposite problem with Unity 2D.

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Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt) wrote :
Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt)
description: updated
Bob Bib (bobbib)
tags: added: precise
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

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

Changed in apport (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt)
tags: added: classification
Evan (ev)
tags: added: whoopsie-daisy
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Evan (ev) wrote :

This is because the nautilus ships multiple desktop files. The apport/fileutils.py:find_package_desktopfile function returns None in this case, which we interpet as a system application. We should find a better solution.

Changed in apport:
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: New → Triaged
summary: - Nautilus error inappropriately shown as "internal error"
+ Apport interprets packages that ship multiple desktop files as system
+ applications
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Marcus Tomlinson (marcustomlinson) wrote :

This release of Ubuntu is no longer receiving maintenance updates. If this is still an issue on a maintained version of Ubuntu please let us know.

Changed in apport (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Incomplete
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Marcus Tomlinson (marcustomlinson) wrote :

This issue has sat incomplete for more than 60 days now. I'm going to close it as invalid. Please feel free re-open if this is still an issue for you. Thank you.

Changed in apport (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Invalid
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