[Bug 2044127] [NEW] ubuntu-but does not accept "program" paramater as documented in --help

[Henning Sprang]

Public bug reported:

ubuntu-bug --help says

$ ubuntu-bug --help
usage: ubuntu-bug [options] [symptom|pid|package|program path|.apport/.crash file]


which suggest I can type a symptom after "ubuntu-bug" that I want to report.

But doing something like:

$ ubuntu-bug "Ubuntu Software tells me at every boot that it installed
important OS update 'UEFI dbx'"


only results in the error:

dpkg-query: no packages found matching Ubuntu


The man page of ubuntu-bug states that the symptoms are asked for when I run "ubuntu-bug" without parameters. 

So the --help output is wrong or the program is lacking some fallback if
the message given as sysmptom is neither a pid, nor a package name nor a
program path nor a crash file, the given parameter must be accepted as a
symptom description.

Probably the easiest part to solve that is to remove the nonworking
symptom parameter from the --help output as long as that is not working.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 23.10
Package: apport 2.27.0-0ubuntu5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.2.0-1015.15-lowlatency 6.2.16
Uname: Linux 6.2.0-1015-lowlatency x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.27.0-0ubuntu5
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Tue Nov 21 14:31:49 2023
InstallationDate: Installed on 2023-08-21 (92 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 23.04 "Lunar Lobster" - Release amd64 (20230418)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 TERM=xterm-256color
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
RebootRequiredPkgs: Error: path contained symlinks.
SourcePackage: apport
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to mantic on 2023-11-05 (16 days ago)

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


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug mantic

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Title:
  ubuntu-but does not accept "program" paramater as documented in --help

Status in apport package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  ubuntu-bug --help says

  $ ubuntu-bug --help
  usage: ubuntu-bug [options] [symptom|pid|package|program path|.apport/.crash file]

  
  which suggest I can type a symptom after "ubuntu-bug" that I want to report.

  But doing something like:

  $ ubuntu-bug "Ubuntu Software tells me at every boot that it installed
  important OS update 'UEFI dbx'"

  
  only results in the error:

  dpkg-query: no packages found matching Ubuntu

  
  The man page of ubuntu-bug states that the symptoms are asked for when I run "ubuntu-bug" without parameters. 

  So the --help output is wrong or the program is lacking some fallback
  if the message given as sysmptom is neither a pid, nor a package name
  nor a program path nor a crash file, the given parameter must be
  accepted as a symptom description.

  Probably the easiest part to solve that is to remove the nonworking
  symptom parameter from the --help output as long as that is not
  working.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 23.10
  Package: apport 2.27.0-0ubuntu5
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.2.0-1015.15-lowlatency 6.2.16
  Uname: Linux 6.2.0-1015-lowlatency x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.27.0-0ubuntu5
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Tue Nov 21 14:31:49 2023
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2023-08-21 (92 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 23.04 "Lunar Lobster" - Release amd64 (20230418)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   SHELL=/bin/bash
   TERM=xterm-256color
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
  RebootRequiredPkgs: Error: path contained symlinks.
  SourcePackage: apport
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to mantic on 2023-11-05 (16 days ago)

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