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Description

This test case is designed to confirm that ABRT can properly detect and diagnose application crashes from C/C++ programs.

How to test

In /etc/abrt/abrt_event.conf, ensure a reporting mechanism is configured to save package data:
EVENT=post-create abrt-action-save-package-data

include events.d/*.conf
Make sure you have EVENT=post-create analyzer=CCpp abrt-action-analyze-c in /etc/abrt/events.d/ccpp_events.conf

These are defaults
The settings above are the defaults. If you are running a clean live image or have never manually changed abrt configuration, they should be correct.

If you changed configuration, restart the abrtd service with the command su -c 'service abrtd restart'.
Choose any ELF binary application and crash it. For this example, we will use the sleep command which is provided by coreutils.
Run the application you wish to capture a crash. If using the sleep command, open a terminal and run the command: sleep 5m
In another terminal, force an application crash by locating the process id, and using the kill command, or using pkill or killall. For example, pkill -SIGSEGV sleep
Open abrt-gui by clicking on applet icon or notification.
Pick the crash from the list, generate a crash report by pressing "Open" button, then provide meaningful information into text areas, choosing one of configured analyzers (e.g. Retrace Server). Then choose desired reporter facility e.g. Logger, review the backtrace and finally report data.

Expected Results

A desktop notification and applet icon should appear in notification area with notification stating "Crash in package coreutils-1.2.3 has been detected"
There are two buttons in the notification:
1. "Report" -> opens the reporter dialog for the latest detected crash directly
2. "Show" -> opens the main window
Selecting the application from abrt-gui and reporting the failure should generate a proper backtrace. Proper backtrace should have symbolic information, for example:
Core was generated by `sleep 5m'.

Program terminated with signal 6, Aborted.

#0 0x00007f4b65f45380 in __nanosleep_nocancel () from /lib64/libc.so.6

Thread 1 (Thread 8328):

#0 0x00007f4b65f45380 in __nanosleep_nocancel () from /lib64/libc.so.6

No symbol table info available.

#1 0x00000000004037ab in rpl_nanosleep (requested_delay=0x7fff893f35c0,

remaining_delay=0x0) at nanosleep.c:69

r = -516

delay = {tv_sec = 1260, tv_nsec = 0}

t0 = {tv_sec = 29277, tv_nsec = 542118648}

#2 0x000000000040321b in xnanosleep (seconds=<value optimized out>)

at xnanosleep.c:112

overflow = false

ts_sleep = {tv_sec = 1260, tv_nsec = 0}

__PRETTY_FUNCTION__ = "xnanosleep"

#3 0x000000000040176c in main (argc=2, argv=0x7fff893f3758) at sleep.c:147

i = 2

seconds = 1260

ok = true

...

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+{{Update}}
 {{QA/Test_Case
-|description= This test case is designed to confirm that ''abrt'' can properly detect and diagnose application crashes from C/C++ programs.
+|description= This test case is designed to confirm that ABRT can properly detect and diagnose application crashes from C/C++ programs.
 |actions=
-# Inspect {{filename|/etc/abrt/abrt.conf}} and ensure that ''abrt'' is configured to detect C program crashes.  A sample configuration will include the ''CCpp'' plugin, as seen below: <pre>EnabledPlugins = CCpp</pre>
+# In {{filename|/etc/abrt/abrt_event.conf}}, ensure a reporting mechanism is configured to save package data:
-# Also in {{filename|/etc/abrt/abrt.conf}}, ensure a reporting mechanism is configured for the ''CCpp'' plugin.  A sample configuration that uses the ''Logger'' reporting plugin is noted below <pre>CCpp = Logger</pre>
+#:EVENT=post-create                       abrt-action-save-package-data
-# Restart the ''abrt'' service <pre>service abrtd restart</pre>
+#:include events.d/*.conf
-# Choose a C or C++ application to crash.  For this example, we will use the {{command|sleep}} command which is provided by {{package|coreutils}}.
+# Make sure you have <tt>EVENT=post-create analyzer=CCpp         abrt-action-analyze-c</tt> in {{filename|/etc/abrt/events.d/ccpp_events.conf}}
-# Run the application you wish to capture a crash.  If using the {{command|sleep}} command, open a terminal and run the command: <pre>sleep 5m</pre>
+{{admon/note|These are defaults|The settings above are the defaults. If you are running a clean live image or have never manually changed abrt configuration, they should be correct.}}
-# In another terminal, force an application crash by locating the process id, and using the {{command|kill}} command.  For example, <pre>pkill -SIGSEGV sleep</pre>
+# If you changed configuration, restart the ''abrtd'' service with the command {{command|su -c 'service abrtd restart'}}.
-# Open {{command|abrt-gui}} by clicking the desktop notification icon and generate a crash report.
+# Choose any ELF binary application and crash it.  For this example, we will use the {{command|sleep}} command which is provided by {{package|coreutils}}.
+# Run the application you wish to capture a crash.  If using the {{command|sleep}} command, open a terminal and run the command: {{command|sleep 5m}}
+# In another terminal, force an application crash by locating the process id, and using the {{command|kill}} command, or using {{command|pkill}} or {{command|killall}}. For example, {{command|pkill -SIGSEGV sleep}}
+# Open {{command|abrt-gui}} by clicking on applet icon or notification.
+# Pick the crash from the list, generate a crash report by pressing "Open" button, then provide meaningful information into text areas, choosing one of configured analyzers (e.g. Retrace Server). Then choose desired reporter facility e.g. Logger, review the backtrace and finally report data.
 |results=
-# The {{command|abrt}} application detects the failure by updating the desktop icon
+# A desktop notification and applet icon should appear in notification area with notification stating "Crash in package coreutils-1.2.3 has been detected"
-# Clicking the icon, or running the command {{command|abrt-gui}} displays the recently failed application
+# There are two buttons in the notification:
-# Selecting the application from {{command|abrt-gui}} and reporting the failure generates a proper backtrace. (FIXME ... perhaps a link to what a good backtrace is)
+## "Report" -> opens the reporter dialog for the latest detected crash directly
+## "Show" -> opens the main window
+# Selecting the application from {{command|abrt-gui}} and reporting the failure should generate a proper backtrace. Proper backtrace should have symbolic information, for example:
+#: Core was generated by `sleep 5m'.
+#: Program terminated with signal 6, Aborted.
+#: #0  0x00007f4b65f45380 in __nanosleep_nocancel () from /lib64/libc.so.6
+#:
+#: Thread 1 (Thread 8328):
+#: #0  0x00007f4b65f45380 in __nanosleep_nocancel () from /lib64/libc.so.6
+#: No symbol table info available.
+#: #1  0x00000000004037ab in rpl_nanosleep (requested_delay=0x7fff893f35c0,
+#:     remaining_delay=0x0) at nanosleep.c:69
+#:         r = -516
+#:         delay = {tv_sec = 1260, tv_nsec = 0}
+#:         t0 = {tv_sec = 29277, tv_nsec = 542118648}
+#: #2  0x000000000040321b in xnanosleep (seconds=<value optimized out>)
+#:     at xnanosleep.c:112
+#:         overflow = false
+#:         ts_sleep = {tv_sec = 1260, tv_nsec = 0}
+#:         __PRETTY_FUNCTION__ = "xnanosleep"
+#: #3  0x000000000040176c in main (argc=2, argv=0x7fff893f3758) at sleep.c:147
+#:         i = 2
+#:         seconds = 1260
+#:         ok = true
+#: ...
 }}
-[[Category:ABRT_Test_Cases]]
+[[Category:Package_abrt_test_cases]]

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Description

How to test

Expected Results