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firefox-3.0 package

apport package hook not used for 'ubuntu-bug firefox'

Bug #384120 reported by Brian Murray
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
High
Alexander Sack

Bug Description

Binary package hint: firefox-3.0

The apport package hook for Firefox is not used when somebody reports a bug using the command 'ubuntu-bug firefox'. This is due to the fact the package firefox is provided by the source package firefox-3.0. and the hook is installed as 'firefox-3.0.py'. Subsequently, the hook is only used when somebody reports the bug using 'ubuntu-bug firefox-3.0'.

Expecting people to know that they should use firefox-3.0 instead of firefox seems a bit much to me and I think we'd get higher quality bug reports if the package hook were installed as 'source_firefox-3.0.py'.

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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote :

One could test by executing 'ubuntu-bug firefox' and checking the files included before uploading it. Then test the fix by copying 'firefox-3.0.py' to 'source_firefox-3.0.py' in /usr/share/apport/package-hooks/.

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Markus Korn (thekorn) wrote :

<thekorn> bdmurray, yes, copying, moving, symlinking (whatever) the hook to source_firefox-3.0.py works, u-b firefox now includes for example ExtensionSummary

Changed in firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu):
status: New → Triaged
Brian Murray (brian-murray)
Changed in firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Alexander Sack (asac)
importance: Undecided → High
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Alexander Sack (asac) wrote :

this link should be shipped by the firefox meta package, which decides which version is the default.

Changed in firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → In Progress
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Alexander Sack (asac) wrote :

bzr commit -m 'fix LP: #384120 - apport package hook not used for 'ubuntu-bug firefox'; we
ship a link in the firefox "metapackage" that points to the proper apport
hook version (e.g. firefox-3.0.py, firefox-3.5.py, etc.)
add debian/firefox.links' --fixes 'lp:384120'
Committing to: bzr+ssh://bazaar.launchpad.net/~mozillateam/firefox/firefox-3.0.head/
modified debian/changelog
added debian/firefox.links
Committed revision 402.

Changed in firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package firefox-3.0 - 3.0.12+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu2

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firefox-3.0 (3.0.12+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu2) karmic; urgency=low

  * security/stability v3.0.12 build1 (FIREFOX_3_0_12_BUILD1)
    - see USN-798-1
  * fix LP: #384120 - apport package hook not used for 'ubuntu-bug firefox'; we
    ship a link in the firefox "metapackage" that points to the proper apport
    hook version (e.g. firefox-3.0.py, firefox-3.5.py, etc.)
    add debian/firefox.links
  * fix LP: #398121 - firefox-3.5-gnome-support failed to install/upgrade; we
    make the postinst script more failsafe
    - update debian/firefox-3.0-gnome-support.postinst.in
  * add me001 multisearch feature for karmic alpha3
    - add debian/extensions/*
  * drop patches applied upstream
    - delete debian/patches/bz412610_att335369_realpath_overflow.patch
    - update debian/patches/series

 -- Alexander Sack <email address hidden> Wed, 22 Jul 2009 16:07:02 +0200

Changed in firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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