[Bug 1862913] Re: ubuntu-bug failing silently if Settings > Privacy > Problem Reporting disabled

[Brian Murray]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1814611 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1814611

** Tags added: focal

** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 1814611
   turning off "Send error reports to Canonical" prevents using ubuntu-bug

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Title:
  ubuntu-bug failing silently if Settings > Privacy > Problem Reporting
  disabled

Status in apport package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  On a system running Ubuntu 19.10 (upgraded over several versions) if Settings > Privacy > Problem Reporting is disabled then running 
  ubuntu-bug <package>
  collects the data and asks if it should send it.  On clicking Send it silently terminates and does nothing.
  An appropriate response would either be to send the data anyway, since the user has been explicitly asked, or to fail with a message explaining why.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.10
  Package: apport 2.20.11-0ubuntu8.2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.3.0-29.31-generic 5.3.13
  Uname: Linux 5.3.0-29-generic x86_64
  ApportLog:
   ERROR: apport (pid 3384) Mon Feb 10 14:41:30 2020: called for pid 2865, signal 11, core limit 0, dump mode 1
   ERROR: apport (pid 3384) Mon Feb 10 14:41:30 2020: executable: /usr/lib/tracker/tracker-miner-fs (command line "/usr/lib/tracker/tracker-miner-fs")
   ERROR: apport (pid 3384) Mon Feb 10 14:41:30 2020: debug: session gdbus call: (true,)
   
   ERROR: apport (pid 3384) Mon Feb 10 14:41:31 2020: wrote report /var/crash/_usr_lib_tracker_tracker-miner-fs.1000.crash
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu8.2
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Wed Feb 12 09:03:53 2020
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-10-21 (1939 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Alpha amd64 (20141017)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: apport
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to eoan on 2020-01-27 (15 days ago)

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