[Bug 1650207] Re: original lsb-release file should be preserved for classic mode

[Kyle Fazzari]

I've not tested anywhere else, but this bug is _not_ fixed on arm64,
running core from edge:

$ snap --version
snap    2.23~201702241616.git.9d8157d~ubuntu16.04.1
snapd   2.23~201702241616.git.9d8157d~ubuntu16.04.1
series  16
kernel  4.4.0-1032-snapdragon

$ snap list
Name                Version       Rev   Developer  Notes
classic             16.04         17    canonical  devmode
core                16-2          1316  canonical  -
dragonboard         16.04-0.18    24    canonical  -
dragonboard-kernel  4.4.0-1032-3  16    canonical  -

(classic)kyrofa at localhost:~$ cat /etc/os-release 
NAME="Ubuntu Core"
VERSION="16"
ID=ubuntu-core
PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu Core 16"
VERSION_ID="16""
HOME_URL="http://www.snapcraft.io/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="http://bugs.launchpad.net/snappy/"

** Changed in: livecd-rootfs (Ubuntu)
       Status: Fix Committed => Confirmed

** Changed in: snappy
       Status: Fix Committed => Confirmed

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Title:
  original lsb-release file should be preserved for classic mode

Status in Snappy:
  Confirmed
Status in livecd-rootfs package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  when installing the classic snap the modified /etc/lsb-release and
  /etc/os-release are used inside the tarball. when compiling code that
  uses the content of these files at build time they get the wrong info:

  DISTRIB_ID="Ubuntu Core"
  DISTRIB_RELEASE=16
  DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu Core 16"

  vs:

  DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
  DISTRIB_RELEASE=16.04
  DISTRIB_CODENAME=xenial
  DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS"

  we should preserve the original data for these two files and use it
  inside the classic container when the classic snap is installed, so
  build environments can match against the correct data.

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