Public bug reported:
On a fresh Ubuntu 15.04 system, the /usr/bin/lsb_release program doesn't
function as described in the documentation.
After poking around a bit, it seems to require the "lsb
4.1+Debian11ubuntu8" package. Also, the documentation refers to a man
page which doesn't exist (without the lsb package).
In any case, I was trying to find out which distribution I was running
for a multi-platform program, and the `lsb_release -v` isn't very
helpful as shipped.
So... it's either a documentation problem, or a missing "lsb
4.1+Debian11ubuntu8" package problem. I'll let you guys sort it out.
It's broken in 15.10 (wily) pre-release, as well.
I know documentation issues aren't the same level of critical as a kernel
defect, but I thought you'd want to know.
-Erik Bennett
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
Package: lsb-release 4.1+Debian11ubuntu8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-25.26-generic 3.19.8-ckt2
Uname: Linux 3.19.0-25-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.1
Architecture: i386
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Sat Aug 1 16:29:13 2015
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-07-25 (7 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release i386 (20150422)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: lsb
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Affects: lsb (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: apport-bug i386 vivid
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