On 08/26/2012 10:14 PM, Nikolaus Rath wrote:
> On 08/26/2012 10:06 PM, Jeff Licquia wrote:
>> > On 08/11/2012 09:49 PM, Nikolaus Rath wrote:
>>> >> Here we go:
>> >
>> > I've played with this a little, using the results from the dir listings
>> > (which don't look odd to me).
>> >
>> > From what I can tell, the ultimate cause of the failure is when apt
>> > decides to invalidate all repositories and "apt-cache policy" only
>> > reports the local dpkg database as a valid "repo". At that point, the
>> > code uses different logic to try and figure out the distro information,
>> > which doesn't include the CODENAME.
>> >
>> > So there are a number of ways to fix the problem:
>> >
>> > - When unattended-upgrades decides to stop working, I would bet that
>> > "apt-cache policy" only returns the "100 /var/lib/dpkg/status" package
>> > file. Figure out why that's happening and make it not happen, and I'm
>> > sure lsb_release would fall into line.
>
> I'll check that and report back.
>
I'm afraid apt returns a lot more:
[0] vostro:~# apt-cache policy
Package files:
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
release a=now
500 http://www.mendeley.com/repositories/ubuntu/stable/ Packages
release o=Mendeley,l=Mendeley,c=
origin www.mendeley.com
500 http://download.jitsi.org/deb/ unstable/ Packages
release o=jitsi.org,a=unstable,n=sid,l=Jitsi Debian packages
repository,c=
origin download.jitsi.org
100 http://www.deb-multimedia.org/ wheezy/non-free amd64 Packages
release v=None,o=Unofficial Multimedia
Packages,a=testing,n=wheezy,l=Unofficial Multimedia Packages,c=non-free
origin www.deb-multimedia.org
100 http://www.deb-multimedia.org/ wheezy/main amd64 Packages
release v=None,o=Unofficial Multimedia
Packages,a=testing,n=wheezy,l=Unofficial Multimedia Packages,c=main
origin www.deb-multimedia.org
500 http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates/main amd64 Packages
release o=Debian,a=testing,n=wheezy,l=Debian-Security,c=main
origin security.debian.org
500 http://http.debian.net/debian/ wheezy/non-free Translation-en
500 http://http.debian.net/debian/ wheezy/main Translation-en
500 http://http.debian.net/debian/ wheezy/contrib Translation-en
500 http://http.debian.net/debian/ wheezy/non-free amd64 Packages
origin http.debian.net
500 http://http.debian.net/debian/ wheezy/contrib amd64 Packages
origin http.debian.net
500 http://http.debian.net/debian/ wheezy/main amd64 Packages
origin http.debian.net
Pinned packages:
[0] vostro:~# python -c 'import lsb_release; print
lsb_release.get_distro_information()'
{'RELEASE': 'testing/unstable', 'OS': 'GNU/Linux', 'ID': 'Debian',
'DESCRIPTION': 'Debian GNU/Linux testing/unstable'}
Best,
-Nikolaus
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