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OS version reports "Trisquel" or "Sid" rather than "PureOS"
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Description

Steps to reproduce:

  • Launch "Settings" app, navigate to Details -> About
  • Run lsb_release --all
  • Run cat /etc/debian_version
  • Run cat /proc/version
  • Run cat /etc/*-release

What should happen:

All attempts should report "PureOS 8.0"

What happens instead:

"Settings" GUI reports "Trisquel GNU/Linux Flidas (8.0)"

$ lsb_release --all                                                                                                                                                
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID:	Trisquel
Description:	Trisquel GNU/Linux 8.0, Flidas
Release:	8.0
Codename:	flidas
$ cat /etc/debian_version                                                                                                                                          
stretch/sid
$ cat /proc/version                                                                                                                                                
Linux version 4.14.0-3-amd64 (debian-kernel@lists.debian.org) (gcc version 7.2.0 (Debian 7.2.0-19)) #1 SMP Debian 4.14.13-1 (2018-01-14)
$ cat /etc/*-release                                                                                                                                               
DISTRIB_ID=Trisquel
DISTRIB_RELEASE=8.0
DISTRIB_CODENAME=flidas
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Trisquel GNU/Linux 8.0, Flidas"
NAME="Trisquel GNU/Linux"
VERSION="8.0, Flidas"
ID=trisquel
ID_LIKE=debian
PRETTY_NAME="Trisquel GNU/Linux Flidas (8.0)"
VERSION_ID="8.0"
HOME_URL="https://trisquel.info/"
SUPPORT_URL="https://trisquel.info/wiki"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://trisquel.info/project/issues"

Notes:

System up-to-date. Installed with a public ISO downloaded ~2017. If this doesn't affect new ISO installations I'm happy to close the ticket.

Event Timeline

d3vid created this task.Mar 6 2018, 03:01
d3vid added a comment.Mar 14 2018, 03:31

Similarly, today an update re-triggered GNOME's "initial setup" wizard, and at the end invited me to start using Trisquel.

mak added a subscriber: mak.Mar 14 2018, 04:02

This is impossible, something has severely messed up your system. What is the output of apt-cache policy base-files as well as cat /etc/apt/sources.list ; cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*?

d3vid added a comment.Mar 14 2018, 04:15
$ apt-cache policy base-files                                                                                                                                      
base-files:
  Installed: 1:9.4ubuntu4.2+8.0trisquel1
  Candidate: 1:9.4ubuntu4.2+8.0trisquel1
  Version table:
 *** 1:9.4ubuntu4.2+8.0trisquel1 100
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     10.1pureos1 500
        500 https://repo.puri.sm/pureos green/main amd64 Packages
mak added a comment.Mar 14 2018, 04:18

Yeah, this PureOS has been messed with... How did you manage to install a base-files package from Trisquel?

mak added a comment.Mar 14 2018, 04:21

You can maybe resolve this by running sudo apt install base-files=10.1pureos1, but if this one package was upgraded for some reason, chances are that there are multiple other ones that also have wrong versions, making any bug happening on that system not a PureOS issue - so maybe a reinstallation is a safer bet.

d3vid added a comment.Mar 14 2018, 04:23
$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list ; cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*                                                                           
# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux none _Green_ - Official Snapshot amd64 LIVE/INSTALL Binary 20170820-16:44]/ green main
# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux none _Green_ - Official Snapshot amd64 LIVE/INSTALL Binary 20170820-16:44]/ green main

# deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security green/updates main
# deb-src http://security.debian.org/debian-security green/updates main

deb https://repo.puri.sm/pureos/ green main

# Etcher
deb https://dl.bintray.com/resin-io/debian stable etcher

# itch.io
deb https://dl.bintray.com/itchio/deb jessie main

# Mailpile
deb https://packages.mailpile.is/deb release main

# Riot (Matrix client)
deb https://riot.im/packages/debian/ stretch main
deb-src https://riot.im/packages/debian/ stretch main

# NextCloud desktop client
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/nextcloud-devs/client/ubuntu artful main

# Papirus theme (stable release)
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/papirus/papirus/ubuntu artful main

# non-free Purism repo for microcode
deb https://deb.puri.sm/pureos/ green contrib non-free

# Tor launcher
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/micahflee/ppa/ubuntu artful main
d3vid added a comment.Mar 14 2018, 04:29

Thanks. base-files=10.1pureos1 was considered a downgrade, but an apt update and upgrade doesn't upgrade. Must have come from an old deb source I don't use any more. I'll schedule a re-installation!

d3vid closed this task as Invalid.Mar 14 2018, 04:30