Chris Lawrence schrieb: > On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 2:27 AM, David Ayers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Package: lsb-release >> Version: 3.2-11 >> Severity: normal >> >> I'm investigating update-manager's failure to start and a have determined >> that it is a side effect if lsb_release -i returning an empty Distributer ID. >> [ http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=485558 ] >> After reading the code I noticed this is due to: >> /etc/lsb-release containing the following single line: >> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /etc/lsb-release >> DISTRIB_ID="" >> >> Now the md5sum of that doesn't match b5bfe10d9b02fb4e4a45337d1c4d88ab >> (the one referenced in lsb-release.postinst / lsb-release.postrm) >> so the file isn't removed even if I reinstall lsb-release. >> >> Now I'm wondering what tampered with that file but >> find /var/lib/dpkg/info/ -not -cnewer /etc/lsb-release |xargs ls -lt|less >> is not pointing me anywhere useful. >> >> Is it safe to remove /etc/lsb-release ? >> Shouldn't lsb-release be maintaining it? [i.e. why the md5check] > > lsb-release no longer maintains the file (that's why the md5 check is > there, to get rid of old conffiles). I have no clue what would have > set DISTRIB_ID="", but I seriously doubt it was a Debian package. If > you "upgraded" your system from a non-Debian distro to Debian in-place > that might explain the issue.
Nope... this was Lenny installation from a while back. Thanks for the feedback. I've removed the file. Feel free to close the report (I'm not sure if I can do that myself.) Cheers, David -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
