global.ent (ubuntu-docs) wrong distro information
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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ubuntu-docs (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Bug Description
Binary package hint: ubuntu-docs
The distro information listed in global.ent (from ubuntu-docs package) is for Natty Narwhal (11.04), rather than the correct Maverick Meerkat (10.10).
In /usr/share/
<!-- VERSIONS -->
<!ENTITY distro-version 'Natty Narwhal'>
<!ENTITY distro-rev '11.04'>
<!ENTITY distro-rev-short '11.04'>
<!-- the distro-rev-short entity should not include the "LTS" in a long term release and can be used for url links -->
<!ENTITY distro-release-date "April 2011">
<!ENTITY distro-support-date "October 2012">
<!ENTITY distro-
<!ENTITY distro-apt-cd-name "Ubuntu 11.04_Natty_
<!ENTITY linux-kernel-
In /etc/apt/
# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 10.10 _Maverick Meerkat_ - Release amd64 (20101007)]/ maverick main restricted
# See http://
# newer versions of the distribution.
deb http://
deb-src http://
Notably this means System->About Ubuntu reports the OS version incorrectly.
This install was done using the standard 64-bit desktop install ISO from http://
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: ubuntu-docs 10.10.4
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-23-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelMo
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Dec 16 11:43:27 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
PackageArchitec
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_US.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ubuntu-docs
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