[Bug 1357034] Re: apport_pkgfailure fails to run in python3

[Chris J Arges]

Hello Brian, or anyone else affected,

Accepted ubuntu-release-upgrader into trusty-proposed. The package will
build now and be available at http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source
/ubuntu-release-upgrader/1:0.220.5 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: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu Trusty)
       Status: Triaged => Fix Committed

** Tags added: verification-needed

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Title:
  apport_pkgfailure fails to run in python3

Status in “ubuntu-release-upgrader” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “ubuntu-release-upgrader” source package in Trusty:
  Fix Committed

Bug description:
  Impact:

  apport package failures are not being received during distribution
  upgrades to Trusty from Precise or Saucy.

  Test Case:

  1) start the distribution upgrade to trusty (do-release-upgrade)
  2) stop the upgrade and change to directory /tmp/ubunut-release-upgrader-xyz
  3) start ipython3 or python3

  $ ipython3
  Python 3.4.0 (default, Apr 11 2014, 13:05:11)
  Type "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.

  IPython 1.2.1 -- An enhanced Interactive Python.
  ?         -> Introduction and overview of IPython's features.
  %quickref -> Quick reference.
  help      -> Python's own help system.
  object?   -> Details about 'object', use 'object??' for extra details.

  In [1]: from DistUpgrade import DistUpgradeApport

  In [2]: DistUpgradeApport.apport_pkgfailure("whoopsie", "it failed")
  WARNING:root:Failed to run apport ('str' does not support the buffer interface)
  Out[2]: False

  With the version of the ubuntu-release-upgrader from trusty-proposed
  apport should not fail to run.

  I've seen the same error message in some distribution upgrade failures
  e.g. bug 1350416.

  2014-07-30 09:15:35,305 DEBUG running apport_pkgfailure() cgmanager: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
  2014-07-30 09:15:36,352 WARNING Failed to run apport ('str' does not support the buffer interface)

  This has to do with the log files DistUpgradeApport is adding to the
  bug report.

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