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[Bug 1490133] [NEW] add distinct feedback for unsupported third party packages

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From: Karl-Philipp Richter <krichter722@xxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2015 10:59:45 -0000
Reply-to: Bug 1490133 <1490133@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Public bug reported:

Currently there's no way (at least based on `man apport-bug`) to tell if
apport failed due to an unexpected exception or refused to submit data
because the package it was supposed to create a bug report for is a
third party package.

Afaik, `man apport-bug` doesn't clearly mention the major limitation of
`apport-bug` which is not to support third party PPA packages at all.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
Package: apport 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.3
Uname: Linux 4.1.4-040104-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.3
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Sat Aug 29 12:53:27 2015
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-06-08 (81 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: apport
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to vivid on 2015-06-09 (81 days ago)

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


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug vivid

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Title:
  add distinct feedback for unsupported third party packages

Status in apport package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Currently there's no way (at least based on `man apport-bug`) to tell
  if apport failed due to an unexpected exception or refused to submit
  data because the package it was supposed to create a bug report for is
  a third party package.

  Afaik, `man apport-bug` doesn't clearly mention the major limitation
  of `apport-bug` which is not to support third party PPA packages at
  all.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
  Package: apport 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.3
  Uname: Linux 4.1.4-040104-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.3
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Sat Aug 29 12:53:27 2015
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-06-08 (81 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: apport
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to vivid on 2015-06-09 (81 days ago)

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