Subject: bug#424: Wrong ID in os-release?

From: David Reviejo <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2020 22:27:37 +0200

Package: base-files
Version: 10.3+devuan3.4

I'm using devuan beowulf, but some utilities, like screenfetch or
lsb_release, think it's debian. For example:

$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Debian
Description:    Devuan GNU/Linux 3 (beowulf)
Release:        3
Codename:       beowulf

I think we need
    ID=devuan
in /usr/lib/os-release.

Cheers,
-- 
David

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From: Mark Hindley <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2020 09:45:43 +0100

David,

> Description:    Devuan GNU/Linux 3 (beowulf)

Thanks for this.

This is a conscious decision in beowulf as a work around for various debian bugs
that couldn't be resolved in other ways.

For ceres and chimaera this has already been changed. See
https://bugs.devuan.org/411

Mark

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From: Mark Hindley <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2020 15:50:24 +0100

Control: tags -1 moreinfo

David,

> https://bugs.devuan.org/411

We are testing whether we can change this for the first point release of
beowulf. An updated base-files package is available in the
beowulf-proposed-updates suite or directly from the pool[1].  Please would you
test it and report success or any new issues.

Thanks.

Mark

[1]  http://deb.devuan.org/devuan/pool/main/b/base-files/base-files_10.3%2Bdevuan3.5_all.deb

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From: David Reviejo <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2020 17:39:55 +0200

> [1]  http://deb.devuan.org/devuan/pool/main/b/base-files/base-files_10.3%2Bdevuan3.5_all.deb

I think this version it's Ok; screenfetch and lsb_release now report the
correct distribution. Even (after updating grub), grub prints "Devuan
GNU/Linux" at boot.

Cheers,
-- 
David

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From: "Devuan bug Tracking System" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2021 19:18:08 +0000

This is an automatic notification regarding your bug report
which was filed against the base-files package:

#424: Wrong ID in os-release?

It has been closed by fsmithred <[email-masked]>.

Their explanation is attached below along with your original report.
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Subject: Wrong ID in os-release?
From: fsmithred <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2021 14:03:02 -0500

Package: base-files

Fixed in base-files 10.3+devuan3.5  (in Beowulf 3.1.0)

fsmithred

Subject: Wrong ID in os-release?
From: David Reviejo <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2020 22:27:37 +0200

Package: base-files
Version: 10.3+devuan3.4

$ lsb_release -a

I think we need
    ID=devuan
in /usr/lib/os-release.

Cheers,
-- 
David