[Bug 1999156] Re: /usr/share/apport/whoopsie-upload-all:FileNotFoundError:/usr/share/apport/whoopsie-upload-all at 220:main:collect_info:process_report:add_package_info:add_package:get_version:_apt_pkg:_cache:__init__:_check_and_create_required_dirs:makedirs:makedirs

[Benjamin Drung]

`apt.Cache(progress, rootdir='/')` fails with `FileNotFoundError`. I
consider it a bug in python-apt. If the caller should catch that
failure, please document that in python-apt and assign back to apport.

** Package changed: apport (Ubuntu) => python-apt (Ubuntu)

-- 
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu
Foundations Bugs, which is subscribed to python-apt in Ubuntu.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1999156

Title:
  /usr/share/apport/whoopsie-upload-
  all:FileNotFoundError:/usr/share/apport/whoopsie-upload-
  all at 220:main:collect_info:process_report:add_package_info:add_package:get_version:_apt_pkg:_cache:__init__:_check_and_create_required_dirs:makedirs:makedirs

Status in python-apt package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  ```
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/usr/share/apport/whoopsie-upload-all", line 220, in <module>
      main()
    File "/usr/share/apport/whoopsie-upload-all", line 202, in main
      stamps = collect_info()
    File "/usr/share/apport/whoopsie-upload-all", line 150, in collect_info
      res = process_report(r)
    File "/usr/share/apport/whoopsie-upload-all", line 90, in process_report
      r.add_package_info()
    File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport/report.py", line 351, in add_package_info
      version = self.add_package(package)
    File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport/report.py", line 320, in add_package
      version = packaging.get_version(package)
    File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport/packaging_impl.py", line 163, in get_version
      pkg = self._apt_pkg(package)
    File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport/packaging_impl.py", line 156, in _apt_pkg
      return self._cache()[package]
    File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport/packaging_impl.py", line 121, in _cache
      self._apt_cache = apt.Cache(progress, rootdir='/')
    File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 143, in __init__
      self._check_and_create_required_dirs(rootdir)
    File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 183, in _check_and_create_required_dirs
      os.makedirs(rootdir + d)
    File "/usr/lib/python3.10/os.py", line 215, in makedirs
      makedirs(head, exist_ok=exist_ok)
    File "/usr/lib/python3.10/os.py", line 225, in makedirs
      mkdir(name, mode)
  FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '//var/cache/apt/archives'
  ```

  The Ubuntu Error Tracker has been receiving reports about a problem regarding apport.  This problem was most recently seen with package version 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.2, the problem page at https://errors.ubuntu.com/problem/e3a000aa8a314f9ae9303dcd52a119799a00496f 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/.

To manage notifications about this bug go to:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-apt/+bug/1999156/+subscriptions