[Bug 1837899] Re: ubuntu-support-status indicates [18.10] packages still have support

Sat Aug 3 04:14:51 UTC 2019

the d780 18.10 install mentioned in comment #3 will be erased for a
18.04.3 qa-test, so before using I logged in and

sudo apt update; sudo apt full-upgrade; (no changes as expected) then

guiverc at d780-1810:~$ ubuntu-support-status                                                         
Support status summary of 'd780-1810':                                                             

You have 0 packages (0.0%) that can not/no-longer be downloaded                                    
You have 1899 packages (100.0%) that are unsupported                                               

Run with --show-unsupported, --show-supported or --show-all to see more details                    
guiverc at d780-1810:~$ apt-cache policy update-manager-core                                          
update-manager-core:                                                                               
  Installed: 1:18.10.10.2                                                                          
  Candidate: 1:18.10.10.2                                                                          
  Version table:                                                                                   
 *** 1:18.10.10.2 500                                                                              
        500 http://ftp.iinet.net.au/pub/ubuntu cosmic-updates/main amd64 Packages                  
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status                                                                   
     1:18.10.10 500                                                                                
        500 http://ftp.iinet.net.au/pub/ubuntu cosmic/main amd64 Packages

As with i386, with no changes 1355 packages that were already
unsupported and reported as such.  It's using end-of-month instead of
EOL date in month.

This is minor, mainly affecting support (users believe what their
machines tell them, packages are supported despite irc/askubu/forum
people telling them it's EOL & release-upgrade asap...

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Title:
  ubuntu-support-status indicates [18.10] packages still have support

Status in update-manager package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I would expect this Lubuntu 18.10 system to have almost no packages
  still supported, instead I get 69.2% still with support (until July
  2019)

  This is a VM  (Lubuntu 18.10 x86, used only for testing purposes)
  but I got the same results on x86 hardware, plus amd64/x86_64

  guiverc at d960-vml:~$ ubuntu-support-status
  Support status summary of 'd960-vml':

  You have 1371 packages (69.2%) supported until July 2019 (Canonical -
  9m)

  You have 5 packages (0.3%) that can not/no-longer be downloaded
  You have 605 packages (30.5%) that are unsupported

  Run with --show-unsupported, --show-supported or --show-all to see
  more details

  guiverc at d960-vml:~$ date
  Thu 25 Jul 22:01:28 AEST 2019

  guiverc at d960-vml:~$   dpkg -S /usr/bin/ubuntu-support-status
  update-manager-core: /usr/bin/ubuntu-support-status
  guiverc at d960-vml:~$   apt-cache policy update-manager-core
  update-manager-core:
    Installed: 1:18.10.10.2
    Candidate: 1:18.10.10.2
    Version table:
   *** 1:18.10.10.2 500
          500 http://ftp.iinet.net.au/pub/ubuntu cosmic-updates/main i386 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
       1:18.10.10 500
          500 http://ftp.iinet.net.au/pub/ubuntu cosmic/main i386 Packages

  I realize this is a EOL release (18.10), however that's sort of the
  point, as the system reports itself as still with support because of
  this bug.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.10
  Package: update-manager-core 1:18.10.10.2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.18.0-25.26-generic 4.18.20
  Uname: Linux 4.18.0-25-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu13.4
  Architecture: i386
  CurrentDesktop: LXQt
  Date: Thu Jul 25 20:42:31 2019
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-09-27 (301 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 18.10 "Cosmic Cuttlefish" - Beta i386 (20180925.1)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: update-manager
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to cosmic on 2019-07-25 (0 days ago)

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