Re: lsb_release -a output and debian 10.1
On 09/09/2019 09:38, Reco wrote:
> Hi.
>
> On Mon, Sep 09, 2019 at 09:07:36AM +0100, Paul Sutton wrote:
>> After updating from 10.0 to 10.0 should lsb_release -a report me using
>> 10.1?
>>
>> I have run apt update then apt upgrade and updated quite a few packages,
>> but lsb_release -a still reports 10
>>
>> lsb_release -a
>> No LSB modules are available.
>> Distributor ID: Debian
>> Description: Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster)
>> Release: 10
>> Codename: buster
>>
>>
>> Am I missing something in the update process ?
>
> Yes you do, as it should not reflect point release version anymore.
> /usr/share/doc/base-files/changelog.gz says:
>
> base-files (10.3+deb10u1) buster; urgency=medium
>
> * Change /etc/debian_version to 10.1, for Debian 10.1 point release.
>
> -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Fri, 30 Aug 2019 14:31:26 +0200
>
> ...
>
> base-files (10.2) unstable; urgency=medium
>
> * Release candidate for buster as stable:
> - Use "10" as version in /etc/issue and /etc/issue.net.
> (never expected to change after buster is released)
> - Use 10.0 as version in /etc/debian_version.
> (expected to change at every point release)
> - Change PRETTY_NAME in /usr/lib/os-release, adding 10 as version number
> and "(buster)" as codename. Add also VERSION_ID and VERSION.
> (never expected to change)
> ...
>
> -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Fri, 19 Apr 2019 13:05:00 +0200
>
>
> So, "cat /etc/debian_version" will show you the release version for
> real, and you might as well uninstall this useless "lsb_release" thing -
> Debian is not LSB-conformant anymore anyway.
>
> Reco
>
Hi
Thanks for this, and I can confirm that cat /etc/debian_version shows 10.1.
Paul
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