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Intro: apport is a python applicaton running on ubuntu which automates bug reporting. In case of a crash it determines which application crashed, and auto generates a detailed report on the crash, including various details on the environment/system in which the crash occurred.

Recently I had a few crashes (signal 5: Trace/breakpoint trap) of the Java run-time ( executable: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk-amd64_jre/bin/java ) while running a (non Ubuntu) financial application.

I like to help improve Ubuntu by emailing the detailed report, but one thing prevents me from doing so. The report includes a full core dump of the application which may have some serious privacy implications.

The question is how can I allow the report (so it can help developers fix the crash in java itself), but disable the core-file shipping with it.

Note that I don't want to disable core file generation altogether. I just want to prevent apport from adding it to the report.

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  • this means, for ex., if gedit crashes, that file's data opened on it will be dumped and sent? :O
    – Aquarius Power
    Mar 22, 2015 at 23:16

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Create a Setting / Core Dump is usually the useful part of a bug report

At the moment, I do not believe that apport supports that. However, you could certainly check out apport on Launchpad: https://launchpad.net/apport, create a setting to not include the core dump (although that is mainly the useful part of a bug report), and then compile and install it yourself.

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    Thanks. I followed the link but couldn't find the 'setting' you're referring to. Could you edit the answer to be more detailed on how to get there, e.g. which tab/link to follow, and what to do? Thanks again!
    – arielf
    Apr 11, 2013 at 0:09
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    Sorry, but I kinda meant that you could check out the code from launchpad, code in an option to not include core dumps, and then compile it yourself, build a package, and install it in place of the system installed apport. If you do end up doing this, please submit the changes back to launchpad. If you can't code it in, a feature request can be submitted to apport on launchpad. Don't hesitate to ask for clarification, it's always a pleasure.
    – haneefmubarak
    Apr 29, 2013 at 21:42

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