Bug#939733: lsb-release: lsb_release does not show point release on Debian 10.1
Santiago Vila
sanvila at unex.es
Tue Sep 10 11:15:25 BST 2019
reassign 939733 lsb-release
thanks
On Tue, 10 Sep 2019, Jonathan Wiltshire wrote:
> This stems from lsb_release switching to reading the cross-distro
> standard file, /usr/lib/os-release:
Therefore it was lsb_release who changed behaviour, not base-files.
> So arguably base-files should be updating that file with point release
> information, just as /etc/debian_version is. The spec [1] does not rule
> that out, and other distributions do so:
Not ruling out != mandating it.
> Severity upgraded because it causes an unexpected behaviour change in
> lsb_release, but feel free to adjust.
There was already a bug in base-files for this:
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=931197
and it will be considered for bullseye, but the fact that os-release
does not change in Debian is clearly documented in the base-files
changelog:
base-files (10.2) unstable; urgency=medium
[...]
Add also VERSION_ID and VERSION. (never expected to change)
So it may not be argued that this is a surprise from base-files side.
Reassigning again.
Thanks.
More information about the Debian-init-diversity
mailing list