[Bug 1693948] [NEW] useless diagnostics from journalctl due to ellipses

[Seth Arnold]

Public bug reported:

Many of the apport hooks try to include some information about why a
service didn't start correctly. One recent report included the
following:

May 26 18:39:19 ux305ua-linux systemd[1]: Starting OpenBSD Secure Shell serv....
May 26 18:39:19 ux305ua-linux sshd[2500]: /etc/ssh/sshd_config line 64: miss....
May 26 18:39:19 ux305ua-linux systemd[1]: ssh.service: Main process exited, ...a
May 26 18:39:19 ux305ua-linux systemd[1]: Failed to start OpenBSD Secure She....
May 26 18:39:19 ux305ua-linux systemd[1]: ssh.service: Unit entered failed s....
May 26 18:39:19 ux305ua-linux systemd[1]: ssh.service: Failed with result 'e....
Hint: Some lines were ellipsized, use -l to show in full.


The actual error information is this:

/etc/ssh/sshd_config line 64: miss....
and
Failed with result 'e....

This is very nearly useless.

We should include the -l parameter as suggested so that we stand a
chance of seeing an error that doesn't occur in the first twenty
characters of program output.

Thanks

** Affects: apport (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  useless diagnostics from journalctl due to ellipses

Status in apport package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Many of the apport hooks try to include some information about why a
  service didn't start correctly. One recent report included the
  following:

  May 26 18:39:19 ux305ua-linux systemd[1]: Starting OpenBSD Secure Shell serv....
  May 26 18:39:19 ux305ua-linux sshd[2500]: /etc/ssh/sshd_config line 64: miss....
  May 26 18:39:19 ux305ua-linux systemd[1]: ssh.service: Main process exited, ...a
  May 26 18:39:19 ux305ua-linux systemd[1]: Failed to start OpenBSD Secure She....
  May 26 18:39:19 ux305ua-linux systemd[1]: ssh.service: Unit entered failed s....
  May 26 18:39:19 ux305ua-linux systemd[1]: ssh.service: Failed with result 'e....
  Hint: Some lines were ellipsized, use -l to show in full.

  
  The actual error information is this:

  /etc/ssh/sshd_config line 64: miss....
  and
  Failed with result 'e....

  This is very nearly useless.

  We should include the -l parameter as suggested so that we stand a
  chance of seeing an error that doesn't occur in the first twenty
  characters of program output.

  Thanks

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