[Bug 1989803] [NEW] Adjust apport for the new Ubuntu debuginfod service

[Sergio Durigan Junior]

Public bug reported:

With the new Ubuntu debuginfod service (https://debuginfod.ubuntu.com),
and with the prospect of having the system automatically fetch debuginfo
from the internet without user intervention, it is necessary to adjust
apport to cope with this scenario.

I had a conversation with bdmurray and he was concerned that having a
debuginfod-enabled GDB generate the corefiles that are eventually
submitted to Ubuntu can be a problem.

My proposed solution is to disable GDB's debuginfod support when
collecting the corefile.  This should keep things as is and not disturb
the retrace service.

** Affects: apport (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Critical
     Assignee: Sergio Durigan Junior (sergiodj)
         Status: In Progress


** Tags: server-todo

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Title:
  Adjust apport for the new Ubuntu debuginfod service

Status in apport package in Ubuntu:
  In Progress

Bug description:
  With the new Ubuntu debuginfod service
  (https://debuginfod.ubuntu.com), and with the prospect of having the
  system automatically fetch debuginfo from the internet without user
  intervention, it is necessary to adjust apport to cope with this
  scenario.

  I had a conversation with bdmurray and he was concerned that having a
  debuginfod-enabled GDB generate the corefiles that are eventually
  submitted to Ubuntu can be a problem.

  My proposed solution is to disable GDB's debuginfod support when
  collecting the corefile.  This should keep things as is and not
  disturb the retrace service.

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