[Bug 1665653] Re: lsb_release -d should show a hint if it uses HWE or not

Steve Langasek steve.langasek at canonical.com
Fri Feb 17 18:59:59 UTC 2017


But /etc/lsb-release is a static file, which isn't going to be different
depending on which hardware enablement stack you're running.  So I'm
afraid I don't see any practical way to fix this.

I also don't think 'lsb_release' is the expected interface to tell you
the answer to this question fwiw.

** Changed in: base-files (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Won't Fix

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Title:
  lsb_release -d should show a hint if it uses HWE or not

Status in base-files package in Ubuntu:
  Won't Fix

Bug description:
  The output of "lsb_release -d" does not show clearly if it really uses
  the HWE.

  Now it's shown 
  -----------------
  Description: Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS
  -----------------
  and nobody knows if it uses really the XX.04.2 stack.

  
  I suggest to change the output to something like this:
  -----------------
  Description: Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS (HWE)
  -----------------
  Description: Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS (GA)
  -----------------

  In the first case the system uses kernel 4.8 and its corrisponding Xserver.
  In the second case the system uses kernel 4.4 and Xserver 1.18.

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