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flatpak/scripts/flatpak-coredumpctl
Mia McMahill a9215f4153 flatpak-coredumpctl: Clean up usage messages slightly with metavar
This just makes the generated messages slightly less redundant and a
little closer to coredumpctl's.
2026-06-23 09:05:14 +00:00

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#!/usr/bin/env python3
import sys
if sys.version_info < (3, 10):
print(
f'A minimum Python version of at least 3.10 is required, '
f'{sys.version_info.major}.{sys.version_info.minor}.{sys.version_info.micro} was found',
file=sys.stderr
)
sys.exit(1)
import argparse
import re
import shutil
import subprocess
import shlex
import tempfile
from dataclasses import dataclass
class CoreDumperArgs:
@dataclass
class AppId:
app_id: str
@dataclass
class BuildDir:
directory: str
def __init__(self, ns: argparse.Namespace) -> None:
if ns.app is None and ns.build_directory is None:
raise ValueError("Either `--build-directory` or `APP` must be specified.")
if ns.app is not None and ns.build_directory is not None:
raise ValueError("`--build-directory` and `APP` are mutually exclusive.")
if ns.app is not None:
self.target = self.AppId(ns.app)
else:
self.target = self.BuildDir(ns.build_directory)
self.coredumpctl_matches: str = ns.coredumpctl_matches
self.extra_flatpak_args: str = ns.extra_flatpak_args
self.gdb_arguments: str = ns.gdb_arguments
def run(args: CoreDumperArgs) -> int:
if not shutil.which("coredumpctl"):
print("'coredumpctl' not present on the system, can't run.",
file=sys.stderr)
return 1
match args.target:
case CoreDumperArgs.AppId(app_id):
flatpak_subcommand = "run"
target_args = ["--command=gdb", "--devel", app_id]
case CoreDumperArgs.BuildDir(build_dir):
flatpak_subcommand = "build"
target_args = [build_dir, "gdb"]
# We need access to the host from the sandbox to run.
flatpak_command = [
"flatpak",
flatpak_subcommand,
"--filesystem=home",
f"--filesystem={tempfile.gettempdir()}",
*shlex.split(args.extra_flatpak_args),
*target_args
]
with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile() as coredump:
dumpres = subprocess.run(
["coredumpctl", "dump"] + shlex.split(args.coredumpctl_matches),
stdout=coredump, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, text=True
)
if dumpres.returncode != 0:
print("Failed to retrieve coredump via coredumpctl.", file=sys.stderr)
if dumpres.stderr:
print(f"Reason:\n{dumpres.stderr}", file=sys.stderr)
return dumpres.returncode
matches = re.findall(r".*Executable: (.*)", dumpres.stderr)
if len(matches) != 1:
print(f"Could not determine executable from coredumpctl output "
f"(found {len(matches)} 'Executable:' line(s)).",
file=sys.stderr)
return 1
executable = matches[0]
if not executable.startswith(("/newroot/", "/app/")):
print(f"Executable {executable} doesn't seem to be a flatpaked application.",
file=sys.stderr)
executable = executable.replace("/newroot", "", 1)
flatpak_command.extend([executable, coredump.name])
flatpak_command.extend(shlex.split(args.gdb_arguments))
print(f"Running: `{shlex.join(flatpak_command)}`")
return subprocess.run(flatpak_command).returncode
if __name__ == "__main__":
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=
"Debug in gdb an application that crashed inside flatpak."
" It uses (and thus requires) coredumpctl to retrieve the coredump file.")
parser.add_argument("-b", "--build-directory", default=None,
help="The build directory to use. It allows you to retrieve a coredump"
" for applications being built")
parser.add_argument("--extra-flatpak-args", default="", metavar="ARGS",
help="Extra argument to pass to flatpak")
parser.add_argument("app", nargs="?",
help="The flatpak application to use. eg. `org.gnome.Epiphany//3.28`")
parser.add_argument("-m", "--coredumpctl-matches", default="", metavar="MATCHES",
help="Coredumpctl matches, see `man coredumpctl` for more information")
parser.add_argument("--gdb-arguments", default="", metavar="ARGS",
help="Arguments to pass to gdb")
args = parser.parse_args()
try:
validated_args = CoreDumperArgs(args)
except ValueError as e:
print(e, file=sys.stderr)
parser.print_help(sys.stderr)
sys.exit(1)
exit_code = run(validated_args)
sys.exit(exit_code)