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[Bug 267900] Re: No way to determine Ubuntu-Eee release version

To: ubuntu-eee-coders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
From: Christopher <chriruud@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2008 18:37:26 -0000
Reply-to: Bug 267900 <267900@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Editing DISTRIB_ID to anything but "Ubuntu" will break the currennt version of update-sources (software-properties-gtk) because it looks in lsb-release to determine -proposed and -development (via /etc/update-manager/meta-release) automatically.
Editing lsb-release will prevent update-manager from working properly.
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION can be edited though without errors.

** Changed in: ubuntu-eee/8.10
   Importance: High => Medium

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No way to determine Ubuntu-Eee release version
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/267900
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Status in Ubuntu Eee: Fix Committed
Status in Ubuntu Eee Series: 8.10: Fix Committed

Bug description:
As users test the various Ubuntu-Eee 8.04.1 release candidates, there is no way to determine what version is actually installed.

The correct thing to do is update /etc/lsb-release to something like:

DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu-Eee
DISTRIB_RELEASE=8.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=hardy
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu-Eee 8.04.1 rc2"
etc