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Title:
  Misparses dpkg status line, fails to write apport reports

Status in “apt” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  For a while apt has not been writing apport reports for dpkg
  maintainer script errors. Here’s why:

  • pkgDPkgPM::ProcessDpkgStatusLine sees a line like
  "status: cyrus-clients : error : subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1".
  • StringSplit splits it into
  list == {"status", "cyrus-clients ", "error ", "subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1"}.
  • pkgname is set to Strip(list[1]) == "cyrus-clients".
  • However, the original list[1] == "cyrus-clients " (with a trailing space) is passed to WriteApportReport.
  • WriteApport fails to find "cyrus-clients " in the cache, and bails out.

  Patch attached.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
  Package: libapt-pkg4.12 1.0.4ubuntu6
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-6.11-generic 3.16.0-rc7
  Uname: Linux 3.16.0-6-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: openafs
  ApportVersion: 2.14.5-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Tue Aug  5 19:19:39 2014
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2010-12-05 (1339 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha amd64 (20101202)
  SourcePackage: apt
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to utopic on 2013-10-31 (278 days ago)

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