Bug#845651: lsb-release: --codename returns n/a on stretch without apt sources configured

[Luca Boccassi <luca.boccassi@gmail.com>]

On Fri, 25 Nov 2016 15:42:15 +0000 Luca Boccassi
<luca.boccassi@gmail.com> wrote:
> Package: lsb-release
> Version: 9.20161101
> Severity: important
> Tags: patch
>
> Dear maintainer,
>
> Currently lsb_release parses /etc/debian_version and figures out the
> testing codename and stores it. But it never uses it unless apt can be
> used, which depends on network access.
> Without network access and apt sources downloaded, lsb_release -c on
> stretch returns n/a. So a simple way to reproduce it is to comment out
> all entries in sources.list(.d/*), apt-get update and running
> lsb_release -c on stretch.
>
> The fix is simple and just sets the codename after
> parsing /etc/debian_release.
> A simple patch is attached.
>
> Thank you!
>
> Kind regards,
> Luca Boccassi
>
>
> From c7de044f737f6df4ba8e6501fcb106aecc83e577 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Luca Boccassi <lboccass@brocade.com>
> Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2016 15:26:17 +0000
> Subject: [PATCH] Fix detecting debian testing release without apt
>
> Currently lsb_release parses /etc/debian_version and figures out the
> testing codename and stores it. But it never uses it unless apt can
> be used, which depends on network access.
> Without network access and apt sources downloaded, lsb_release -c
> on stretch returns n/a.
> The fix is simple and just sets the codename after parsing
> /etc/debian_release.
> ---
>  lsb_release.py | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/lsb_release.py b/lsb_release.py
> index 221a321..f134518 100644
> --- a/lsb_release.py
> +++ b/lsb_release.py
> @@ -273,6 +273,7 @@ def guess_debian_release():
>              if release.rstrip('/sid').lower() != 'testing':
>                  global TESTING_CODENAME
>                  TESTING_CODENAME = release.rstrip('/sid')
> +                distinfo['CODENAME'] = release.rstrip('/sid')
>              distinfo['RELEASE'] = 'testing/unstable'
>          else:
>              distinfo['RELEASE'] = release
> --
> 2.1.4

Dear maintainers,

Any chance this could be looked at before Stretch final freeze? Thank you!

Kind regards,
Luca Boccassi