apport-kde shows 'text' instead of text in message box

Bug #1879150 reported by Niklas Sombert
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This bug affects 2 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
apport (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
High
Brian Murray
Xenial
Confirmed
Undecided
Unassigned
Bionic
New
Undecided
Unassigned
Eoan
Won't Fix
Undecided
Unassigned
Focal
Triaged
Medium
Unassigned

Bug Description

I had some other software crashing and wanting to report a bug, Apport displayed a pretty nonsensical message box (see the screenshot).

$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
Release: 20.04
$ apt-cache policy apport-kde
apport-kde:
  Installed: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27
  Candidate: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27
  Version table:
 *** 2.20.11-0ubuntu27 500
        500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal/universe amd64 Packages
        500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal/universe i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: apport-kde 2.20.11-0ubuntu27
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-29.33-generic 5.4.30
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-29-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
CurrentDesktop: KDE
Date: Sun May 17 14:11:30 2020
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-12-11 (1618 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 14.04.3 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Beta amd64 (20150805)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: apport
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-05-15 (1 days ago)
mtime.conffile..etc.apport.crashdb.conf: 2019-11-21T10:33:51.640107

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Niklas Sombert (ytvwld) wrote :
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Niklas Sombert (ytvwld) wrote :
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Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton) wrote :

The attachment "apport-kde.patch" seems to be a patch. If it isn't, please remove the "patch" flag from the attachment, remove the "patch" tag, and if you are a member of the ~ubuntu-reviewers, unsubscribe the team.

[This is an automated message performed by a Launchpad user owned by ~brian-murray, for any issues please contact him.]

tags: added: patch
Changed in apport (Ubuntu):
status: New → In Progress
importance: Undecided → High
assignee: nobody → Brian Murray (brian-murray)
Changed in apport (Ubuntu Focal):
status: New → Triaged
importance: Undecided → Medium
milestone: none → ubuntu-20.04.1
Changed in apport (Ubuntu Xenial):
status: New → Confirmed
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package apport - 2.20.11-0ubuntu35

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apport (2.20.11-0ubuntu35) groovy; urgency=medium

  * kde/apport-kde: Stop showing 'text' instead of a useful string. Thanks to
    Launchpad user Niklas Sombert for the patch. (LP: #1879150)

 -- Brian Murray <email address hidden> Mon, 18 May 2020 10:28:25 -0700

Changed in apport (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Fix Released
tags: added: id-5ec2cf7b231b696d93238639
Changed in apport (Ubuntu Focal):
milestone: ubuntu-20.04.1 → focal-updates
Changed in apport (Ubuntu Eoan):
status: New → Won't Fix
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