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python2.5 package

ubuntu's platform.dist() always returns debian lenny/sid

Bug #196526 reported by Hein-PietervanBraam
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Python
Fix Released
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python2.3 (Ubuntu)
Won't Fix
Low
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python2.4 (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Low
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python2.5 (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Low
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python2.6 (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Low
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python3.0 (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Low
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Bug Description

ubuntu's python platform module does not support ubuntu, it currently tries to read /etc/*._release (bit more than that, but doesn't really matter) and finds debian, and returns debian lenny/sid.
I think some extra heuristics have to be added to the platform module to allow ubuntu to be detected, perhaps through lsb_release?
alternatively, an ubuntu_release file should be added and that used.

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Thomas Butter (tbutter) wrote :

There is a bug report at bugs.python.org and a patch for python 2.5.

http://bugs.python.org/issue1322

Changed in python2.5:
status: New → Confirmed
Andrea Corbellini (andrea.corbellini)
Changed in python2.5:
importance: Undecided → Low
status: Confirmed → Triaged
Changed in python2.4:
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Triaged
Changed in python2.3:
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Triaged
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Changed in python:
status: Unknown → New
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Matthias Klose (doko) wrote :

python2.3 is removed in recent Ubuntu releases

Changed in python2.3:
status: Triaged → Won't Fix
Matthias Klose (doko)
Changed in python2.6 (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Triaged
Changed in python3.0 (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Triaged
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package python2.5 - 2.5.4-1ubuntu3

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python2.5 (2.5.4-1ubuntu3) jaunty; urgency=low

  * Apply from the 2.5 release branch:
    - Issue #5389: Avoid potential for undefined variable 'startinpos' in
      PyUnicode_DecodeUTF7().
  * Re-add the locales build-dependency on sparc.
  * Backport fix for issue 4150 from the trunk. LP: #324708.
  * Use the information in /etc/lsb-release for platform.dist(). LP: #196526.

 -- Matthias Klose <email address hidden> Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:52:47 +0100

Changed in python2.5:
status: Triaged → Fix Released
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package python2.6 - 2.6.1-1ubuntu3

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python2.6 (2.6.1-1ubuntu3) jaunty; urgency=low

  * Use the information in /etc/lsb-release for platform.dist(). LP: #196526.
  * Fix typo in installation scheme, introduced in previous upload.

 -- Matthias Klose <email address hidden> Wed, 18 Mar 2009 19:44:34 +0100

Changed in python2.6:
status: Triaged → Fix Released
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package python2.4 - 2.4.6-1ubuntu3

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python2.4 (2.4.6-1ubuntu3) jaunty; urgency=low

  * Use the information in /etc/lsb-release for platform.dist(). LP: #196526.

 -- Matthias Klose <email address hidden> Thu, 19 Mar 2009 10:40:35 +0100

Changed in python2.4:
status: Triaged → Fix Released
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package python3.0 - 3.0.1-0ubuntu7

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python3.0 (3.0.1-0ubuntu7) jaunty; urgency=low

  * Update to 20090319 from the release30-maint branch.
  * Update installation schemes: LP: #338395.
    - When the --prefix option is used for setup.py install, Use the
      `unix_prefix' scheme.
    - Use the `deb_system' scheme if --install-layout=deb is specified.
    - Use the the `unix_local' scheme if neither --install-layout=deb
      nor --prefix is specified.
    - The options --install-layout=deb and --prefix are exclusive.
  * Use the information in /etc/lsb-release for platform.dist(). LP: #196526.

 -- Matthias Klose <email address hidden> Thu, 19 Mar 2009 10:55:01 +0100

Changed in python3.0:
status: Triaged → Fix Released
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Changed in python:
status: New → Fix Released
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