[Bug 1662357] Re: Can't use lsb_release on Ubuntu Core 16

[SHIINA Hideaki]

** Also affects: lsb
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

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Title:
  Can't use lsb_release on Ubuntu Core 16

Status in lsb:
  New
Status in Snappy:
  New
Status in Snappy Ubuntu Core:
  New
Status in lsb package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  brian-murray at localhost:~$ snap list                                                                                                                                     
  Name                 Version     Rev  Developer  Notes
  core                 16.04.1     888  canonical  -

  
  brian-murray at localhost:~$ lsb_release
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/usr/bin/lsb_release", line 95, in <module>
      main()
    File "/usr/bin/lsb_release", line 59, in main
      distinfo = lsb_release.get_distro_information()
    File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/lsb_release.py", line 383, in get_distro_information
      distinfo = guess_debian_release()
    File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/lsb_release.py", line 281, in guess_debian_release
      get_distro_info(distinfo['ID'])
    File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/lsb_release.py", line 41, in get_distro_info
      RELEASES_ORDER.sort(key=lambda n: float(n[0]))
    File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/lsb_release.py", line 41, in <lambda>
      RELEASES_ORDER.sort(key=lambda n: float(n[0]))
  ValueError: could not convert string to float: '16.04 LTS'

  brian-murray at localhost:~$ lsb_release -a
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/usr/bin/lsb_release", line 95, in <module>
      main()
    File "/usr/bin/lsb_release", line 59, in main
      distinfo = lsb_release.get_distro_information()
    File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/lsb_release.py", line 383, in get_distro_information
      distinfo = guess_debian_release()
    File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/lsb_release.py", line 281, in guess_debian_release
      get_distro_info(distinfo['ID'])
    File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/lsb_release.py", line 41, in get_distro_info
      RELEASES_ORDER.sort(key=lambda n: float(n[0]))
    File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/lsb_release.py", line 41, in <lambda>
      RELEASES_ORDER.sort(key=lambda n: float(n[0]))
  ValueError: could not convert string to float: '6.06 LTS'

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