Package: lsb-release Version: 3.2-23 Severity: important I'm running an up-to-date sid box, and when I run lsb_release -r it tells me:
Codename: lenny $ cat /etc/debian_version squeeze/sid It seems like lsb_release -r looks at my apt/sources.list and sees the first line: deb http://debian.csail.mit.edu/debian stable main contrib non-free and decides that I am running a 'stable' machine, even though it is a perfectly reasonable configuration to have on a sid box (I need to occasionally install a packge from stable to do some testing). If I remove this line, then the Codename shows 'sid'. There must be a better way to determine this than by picking up the lowest entry in sources.list? micah -- Package-specific info: lsb_release output -*- -*- -*- -*- -*- LSB Version: core-2.0-ia32:core-2.0-noarch:core-3.0-ia32:core-3.0-noarch:core-3.1-ia32:core-3.1-noarch:core-3.2-ia32:core-3.2-noarch:cxx-3.0-ia32:cxx-3.0-noarch:cxx-3.1-ia32:cxx-3.1-noarch:cxx-3.2-ia32:cxx-3.2-noarch:desktop-3.1-ia32:desktop-3.1-noarch:desktop-3.2-ia32:desktop-3.2-noarch:graphics-2.0-ia32:graphics-2.0-noarch:graphics-3.0-ia32:graphics-3.0-noarch:graphics-3.1-ia32:graphics-3.1-noarch:graphics-3.2-ia32:graphics-3.2-noarch:qt4-3.1-ia32:qt4-3.1-noarch Distributor ID: Debian Description: Debian GNU/Linux 5.0.2 (lenny) Release: 5.0.2 Codename: lenny -*- -*- -*- -*- -*- Apt policy -*- -*- -*- -*- -*- Package files: 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status release a=now 500 http://deb.riseup.net sid/main Packages release o=riseup,a=unstable,n=sid,l=riseup,c=main origin deb.riseup.net 500 http://archive.monkeysphere.info experimental/monkeysphere Packages release o=The Monkeysphere Project,a=experimental,n=experimental,l=Monkeysphere/Debian,c=monkeysphere origin archive.monkeysphere.info 500 http://www.debian-multimedia.org sid/main Packages release v=None,o=Unofficial Multimedia Packages,a=unstable,n=sid,l=Unofficial Multimedia Packages,c=main origin www.debian-multimedia.org 500 http://emacs.orebokech.com sid/main Packages release v=5.1,o=emacs.orebokech.com,a=unstable,n=sid,l=emacs.orebokech.com,c=main origin emacs.orebokech.com 1 http://ftp.debian.org experimental/non-free Packages release o=Debian,a=experimental,n=experimental,l=Debian,c=non-free origin ftp.debian.org 1 http://ftp.debian.org experimental/contrib Packages release o=Debian,a=experimental,n=experimental,l=Debian,c=contrib origin ftp.debian.org 1 http://ftp.debian.org experimental/main Packages release o=Debian,a=experimental,n=experimental,l=Debian,c=main origin ftp.debian.org 500 http://ftp.debian.org sid/non-free Packages release o=Debian,a=unstable,n=sid,l=Debian,c=non-free origin ftp.debian.org 500 http://ftp.debian.org sid/contrib Packages release o=Debian,a=unstable,n=sid,l=Debian,c=contrib origin ftp.debian.org 500 http://ftp.debian.org sid/main Packages release o=Debian,a=unstable,n=sid,l=Debian,c=main origin ftp.debian.org 500 http://debian.csail.mit.edu stable/non-free Packages release v=5.0.2,o=Debian,a=stable,n=lenny,l=Debian,c=non-free origin debian.csail.mit.edu 500 http://debian.csail.mit.edu stable/contrib Packages release v=5.0.2,o=Debian,a=stable,n=lenny,l=Debian,c=contrib origin debian.csail.mit.edu 500 http://debian.csail.mit.edu stable/main Packages release v=5.0.2,o=Debian,a=stable,n=lenny,l=Debian,c=main origin debian.csail.mit.edu Pinned packages: -*- -*- -*- -*- -*- sources.list -*- -*- -*- -*- -*- deb http://debian.csail.mit.edu/debian stable main contrib non-free deb-src http://debian.csail.mit.edu/debian stable main contrib non-free deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian sid main contrib non-free deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian sid main contrib non-free deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian experimental main contrib non-free deb http://emacs.orebokech.com sid main deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org sid main deb http://archive.monkeysphere.info/debian experimental monkeysphere deb-src http://archive.monkeysphere.info/debian experimental monkeysphere deb-src http://cmrg.fifthhorseman.net/debian unstable debirf deb http://deb.riseup.net/debian sid main -*- -*- -*- -*- -*- /etc/lsb_release -*- -*- -*- -*- -*- - none -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages lsb-release depends on: ii python 2.5.4-2 An interactive high-level object-o ii python-support 1.0.3 automated rebuilding support for P Versions of packages lsb-release recommends: ii apt 0.7.22.1 Advanced front-end for dpkg Versions of packages lsb-release suggests: ii lsb 3.2-23 Linux Standard Base 3.2 support pa -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org