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lsb-release package

lsb_release fails if /etc/debian_version is missing

Bug #4912 reported by Michael Bienia
4
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
lsb-release (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
Colin Watson

Bug Description

I deleted /etc/debian_version as I assumed it was a left-over file from my debian installation. But then I found out that lsb_release fails if this file is missing:

$ lsb_release
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/bin/lsb_release", line 188, in ?
    main()
  File "/bin/lsb_release", line 152, in main
    distinfo = get_distro_information()
  File "/bin/lsb_release", line 105, in get_distro_information
    distinfo = guess_debian_release()
  File "/bin/lsb_release", line 101, in guess_debian_release
    distinfo['DESCRIPTION'] = '%(ID)s %(OS)s %(RELEASE)s (%(CODENAME)s)' % distinfo
KeyError: 'RELEASE'

Colin Watson (cjwatson)
Changed in lsb-release:
assignee: nobody → kamion
Revision history for this message
Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote :

Thanks; forwarded to Debian and fixed in Ubuntu.

lsb (3.0-11ubuntu2) dapper; urgency=low

  * Fix lsb_release failure if /etc/debian_version is missing (closes:
    Launchpad #4912).

 -- Colin Watson <email address hidden> Fri, 2 Dec 2005 14:59:02 +0000

Changed in lsb-release:
status: New → Fixed
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