[Bug 1378134] Re: update-notifier crash detection checks for writable crash files

[Chris J Arges]

Hello Brian, or anyone else affected,

Accepted update-notifier into trusty-proposed. The package will build
now and be available at http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-
notifier/0.154.1ubuntu1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed
repository.

Please help us by testing this new package.  See
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to
enable and use -proposed.  Your feedback will aid us getting this update
out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug,
mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag
from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the
bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to
verification-failed.  In either case, details of your testing will help
us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification .  Thank you in
advance!

** Changed in: update-notifier (Ubuntu Trusty)
       Status: In Progress => Fix Committed

** Tags added: verification-needed

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Title:
  update-notifier crash detection checks for writable crash files

Status in “update-notifier” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “update-notifier” source package in Trusty:
  Fix Committed

Bug description:
  The update-notifier user session job checks to see if a crash file is
  writable, however apport doesn't make the crash file writable until
  after it has finished its initial data collection. Subsequently, its
  possible for the upstart job to notice the crash file and it not be
  writable and then apport is never launched for the crash file.

  [Test Case]
  1) sleep 100 &
  2) pkill -11 sleep
  3) ls -lh /var/crash/

  You'll notice there is a crash in /var/crash but that you've received
  no apport dialog for the crash file.  With the version of update-
  notifier from trusty-proposed you will receive an apport notification
  regarding the crash file.

  [Impact]
  Crashes from 14.04 are likely being underreported to the Ubuntu Error Tracker.

  [Regression Potential]
  This is a minor change to the update-notifier crash detection job and is unlikely to cause problems.

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