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

[Chris Guiver]

I booted the x86 machine [dx6120] that has 18.10 installed, and same
result.

I looked at unsupported packages; many are wallpapers (I add every prior
Ubuntu & flavor wallpapers to my boxes with a script), but some are libs
etc.

I looked at supported; `ubuntu-minimal` 1.425.1 is installed and shows
as supported; `apt-cache policy` shows it's from cosmic-updates and
https://packages.ubuntu.com/search?suite=all&searchon=names&keywords
=ubuntu-minimal shows it's not the version used in disco/19.04

This issue is minor & likely known about (I'd looked and didn't find
lp.bug report on it), and may not be worth changes as come 1-August I
suspect this issue won't exist anymore anyway (until 19.04 or another
release reaches EOL before last-day-of-month).

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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)

  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. I don't have to my knowledge any 18.10 x86_64 systems still to test here, though I could install one on request.  I believe I still have a x86 18.10 system on real hardware if you'd like me to look there too.

  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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