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 ! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org