lsb_release doesn't return version number

[Lennart Hansen]

lennart@hansenhl:~$ lsb_release
LSB Version: n/a

[Sitsofe Wheeler (sitsofe)]

Presumably the version of Ubuntu you have currently installed does not adhere to a linux standard base version (i.e. it is non compliant). If so it's hard to say whether that's a bug.

[Daniel Robitaille (robitaille)]

I suspect the lsb_release command works correctly since it reads the information found in the file /etc/lsb-release:

$lsb_release -a
LSB Version: n/a
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu (The Breezy Badger Release)
Release: 5.10
Codename: breezy

But by default, it seems Ubuntu isn't lsb compliant.

[Daniel Robitaille (robitaille)]

A look at the LSB database (http://www.opengroup.org/lsb/cert/cert_prodlist.tpl?CALLER=index.tpl) shows that Ubuntu doesn't have a LSB certification, and it seems that it will not try to gain certification for Dapper (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LSB3). Since it is not LSB compliant, Ubuntu currently cannot add a LSB_VERSION field to the file /etc/lsb-release. Thus the lsb_release returns a "n/a" for the LSB version. So it appears lsb_release is working normally.