Package: base-files
Version: 7.1wheezy1
Severity: important
Dear Maintainer,
I'm not sure if this bug belongs to lsb or base-files. But here are the
facts:
Upgrading from 7.1 to 7.1wheezy1 (from wheezy-proposed-updates) breaks
the codename returned by lsb_release. "n/a" is returned instead of
"wheezy".
This is a nuisance because everything depending on lsb to identify the
system release by codename instead of version number is also broken.
Downgrading back to 7.1 solves the problem.
Below, the steps I followed to hit this bug:
# lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Debian
Description: Debian GNU/Linux 7.0 (wheezy)
Release: 7.0
Codename: wheezy
# apt-cache policy base-files
base-files:
Installed: 7.1
Candidate: 7.1wheezy1
Version table:
7.1wheezy1 0
990 http://mirror.switch.ch/ftp/mirror/debian/
wheezy-proposed-updates/main amd64 Packages
*** 7.1 0
990 http://mirror.switch.ch/ftp/mirror/debian/ wheezy/main amd64
Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
6.0squeeze7 0
50 http://mirror.switch.ch/ftp/mirror/debian/ squeeze/main amd64
Packages
# apt-get install base-files
[...]
The following packages will be upgraded:
base-files
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/78.6 kB of archives.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
(Reading database ... 61598 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace base-files 7.1 (using .../base-files_7.1wheezy1_amd64.deb)
...
Unpacking replacement base-files ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for install-info ...
Setting up base-files (7.1wheezy1) ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/debian_version ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/issue ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/issue.net ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/os-release ...
# dpkg -l | grep base-files
ii base-files 7.1wheezy1 amd64
Debian base system miscellaneous files
# lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Debian
Description: Debian GNU/Linux 7.1 (n/a)
Release: 7.1
Codename: n/a
Thanks in advance !
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