Ubuntu version reported wrong in system settings

Bug #1630176 reported by Tim Peeters
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unity-control-center (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CheckingYourUbuntuVersion describes two ways of getting your current Ubuntu version: via system settings, and via terminal. For me, those two methods give me a different version (14.04 vs 16.04, see attached screenshot). I upgraded my pre-installed trusty to xenial, so the version printed on terminal is correct. That means that the system settings displays the wrong version.

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Tim Peeters (tpeeters) wrote :
Tim Peeters (tpeeters)
description: updated
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tags: added: bot-comment
Paul White (paulw2u)
tags: added: xenial
affects: ubuntu → ubuntu-system-settings (Ubuntu)
no longer affects: ubuntu-system-settings (Ubuntu)
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Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj) wrote :

@Tim,

Can you please run a few commands to make sure that you have an updated 16.04:

sudo apt install --reinstall ubuntu-docs
sudo apt update
sudo apt full-upgrade

Then reboot, and let us know if the problem is still present.

Changed in unity-control-center (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote :

I wonder if the fact that it is a preinstalled system affects how that dialog works.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

[Expired for unity-control-center (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in unity-control-center (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Expired
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ruru (ruru) wrote :

I am experienceing this on 18.10 (unity-control-center reports 18.04)

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SwissEagle (6-ubqntu-u) wrote :

I am experiencing this on 20.10 (unity-control-center reports 20.04)

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Knut J Bjuland (knut-j-bjuland) wrote :

This affects me to

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