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apport-gtk crashed with ValueError in _apt_pkg(): package does not exist

Bug #947572 reported by Greg on 2012-03-05

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This bug affects 12 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	Apport	New	Undecided	Unassigned
	apport (Ubuntu)	Invalid	Medium	Unassigned

Bug Description

I don't know. Not even sure what apport does ... Sorry.

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: apport-gtk 1.94-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-17.27-generic 3.2.6
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-17-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
ApportVersion: 1.94-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CrashCounter: 1
Date: Sun Mar 4 20:21:24 2012
ExecutablePath: /usr/share/apport/apport-gtk
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/share/apport/apport-gtk
PythonArgs: ['/usr/share/apport/apport-gtk']
SourcePackage: apport
Title: apport-gtk crashed with ValueError in _apt_pkg(): package does not exist
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-02-29 (4 days ago)
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout fuse lp lpadmin plugdev sambashare vboxusers

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Greg (greg-net-launchpad) wrote on 2012-03-05:

#1

ApportLog.txt Edit (1.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
CrashReports.txt Edit (951 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (4.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcEnviron.txt Edit (138 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcMaps.txt Edit (51.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcStatus.txt Edit (821 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Traceback.txt Edit (998 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

Apport retracing service (apport) on 2012-03-05

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removed: need-duplicate-check

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2012-04-02:

#2

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in apport (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton) on 2012-05-30

Changed in apport (Ubuntu):
importance:	Undecided → Medium

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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote on 2012-08-31:

#3

This is most likely from package hooks trying to collect information about a nonexisting package, such as the current rhythmbox hook.

visibility:	private → public
Changed in apport (Ubuntu):
assignee:	nobody → Martin Pitt (pitti)
status:	Confirmed → In Progress

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Michael Krishtopa (theo-sed) wrote on 2012-09-12:

#4

Confirm. Ununtu 12 fresh install.

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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote on 2012-09-20:

#5

Unasssigning for now. I cannot see what shoudl cause this in the original report, and it seems to be a rare corner case.

Changed in apport (Ubuntu):
assignee:	Martin Pitt (pitti) → nobody
status:	In Progress → Triaged

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Sergey "Shnatsel" Davidoff (shnatsel) wrote on 2012-12-10:

#6

I got this after attempting to report an "internal system error" in /usr/bin/skype; that's an i386 package on amd64 system, so looks like Apport can't link a binary to a package if it's of a foreign architecture on a multiarch system.

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Sergey "Shnatsel" Davidoff (shnatsel) wrote on 2012-12-10:

#7

Also, Apport finally opened a bug reporting page and reported the crash as bug 1088589

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immerrr again (immerrr-k) wrote on 2013-02-18:

#8

Same traceback, same situation: failed when trying to collect information about skype failure on x86_64 system.

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Marcus Tomlinson (marcustomlinson) wrote on 2020-03-05:

#9

This release of Ubuntu is no longer receiving maintenance updates. If this is still an issue on a maintained version of Ubuntu please let us know.

Changed in apport (Ubuntu):
status:	Triaged → Incomplete

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Marcus Tomlinson (marcustomlinson) wrote on 2020-05-06:

#10

This issue has sat incomplete for more than 60 days now. I'm going to close it as invalid. Please feel free re-open if this is still an issue for you. Thank you.

Changed in apport (Ubuntu):
status:	Incomplete → Invalid

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