[Bug 2015571] [NEW] /usr/share/apport/whoopsie-upload-all:binascii.Error:/usr/share/apport/whoopsie-upload-all at 250:main:collect_info:process_report:load:_decompress_line:b64decode

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*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1997912 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1997912

Public bug reported:

The Ubuntu Error Tracker has been receiving reports about a problem regarding apport.  This problem was most recently seen with package version 2.23.1-0ubuntu3.1, the problem page at https://errors.ubuntu.com/problem/a189d218a5f51059f4a50e6ed8464326c6d96bb4 contains more details, including versions of packages affected, stacktrace or traceback, and individual crash reports.
If you do not have access to the Ubuntu Error Tracker and are a software developer, you can request it at http://forms.canonical.com/reports/.

```
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/apport/whoopsie-upload-all", line 250, in <module>
    main()
  File "/usr/share/apport/whoopsie-upload-all", line 232, in main
    stamps = collect_info()
  File "/usr/share/apport/whoopsie-upload-all", line 163, in collect_info
    res = process_report(r)
  File "/usr/share/apport/whoopsie-upload-all", line 77, in process_report
    r.load(f, binary="compressed")
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/problem_report.py", line 146, in load
    bd, value = self._decompress_line(line, bd, value)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/problem_report.py", line 296, in _decompress_line
    block = base64.b64decode(line)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/base64.py", line 87, in b64decode
    return binascii.a2b_base64(s)
binascii.Error: Invalid base64-encoded string: number of data characters (4061) cannot be 1 more than a multiple of 4
```

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


** Tags: kinetic

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Title:
  /usr/share/apport/whoopsie-upload-
  all:binascii.Error:/usr/share/apport/whoopsie-upload-
  all at 250:main:collect_info:process_report:load:_decompress_line:b64decode

Status in apport package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  The Ubuntu Error Tracker has been receiving reports about a problem regarding apport.  This problem was most recently seen with package version 2.23.1-0ubuntu3.1, the problem page at https://errors.ubuntu.com/problem/a189d218a5f51059f4a50e6ed8464326c6d96bb4 contains more details, including versions of packages affected, stacktrace or traceback, and individual crash reports.
  If you do not have access to the Ubuntu Error Tracker and are a software developer, you can request it at http://forms.canonical.com/reports/.

  ```
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/usr/share/apport/whoopsie-upload-all", line 250, in <module>
      main()
    File "/usr/share/apport/whoopsie-upload-all", line 232, in main
      stamps = collect_info()
    File "/usr/share/apport/whoopsie-upload-all", line 163, in collect_info
      res = process_report(r)
    File "/usr/share/apport/whoopsie-upload-all", line 77, in process_report
      r.load(f, binary="compressed")
    File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/problem_report.py", line 146, in load
      bd, value = self._decompress_line(line, bd, value)
    File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/problem_report.py", line 296, in _decompress_line
      block = base64.b64decode(line)
    File "/usr/lib/python3.10/base64.py", line 87, in b64decode
      return binascii.a2b_base64(s)
  binascii.Error: Invalid base64-encoded string: number of data characters (4061) cannot be 1 more than a multiple of 4
  ```

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