[Bug 1612669] Re: wrong PPA series used if system name not Ubuntu

[Jonathan Riddell]

Hello Horald, or anyone else affected,

Accepted software-properties into xenial-proposed. The package will
build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source
/software-properties/0.96.20.4 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed
repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to
enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update
out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug,
mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag
from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the
bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to
verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help
us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in
advance!


** Tags added: verification-needed

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Title:
  wrong PPA series used if system name not Ubuntu

Status in software-properties package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in software-properties source package in Xenial:
  In Progress
Status in software-properties source package in Yakkety:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  If the DISTRIB_ID in /etc/lsb-release is not 'ubuntu' add-apt-
  repositories will use the latest series of the PPA even if the
  DISTRIB_CODENAME would match with what is available in the PPA.

  # Test Case

  - change lsb-release to say DISTRIB_ID=yolo
  - copy /usr/share/python-apt/templates/Ubuntu.info to /usr/share/python-apt/templates/yolo.info
  - sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa 
  - should add xenial to sources.list.d

  # Regression potential

  The current behavior of using the latest series is last ditch effort
  at come up with anything valid. The proposed change simply extends the
  acceptable deviation from 100 match.

  # Other info

  Change has been used in production in KDE neon for months now. No side
  effects observed.

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