[Bug 1835687] [NEW] hwe-support-status prints wrong Ubuntu version

[Zartaj Majeed]

Public bug reported:

After do-release-upgrade from 16.04.6 to 18.04.2, my login motd still
keeps telling me to upgrade from 16.04 which is no longer the current
version

$ hwe-support-status

You have packages from the Hardware Enablement Stack (HWE) installed that
are going out of support on 2023-04-30.
To upgrade to a supported (or longer-supported) configuration:
* Upgrade from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS to Ubuntu 18.04 LTS by running:
sudo do-release-upgrade -p
OR
* Switch to the current security-supported stack by running:
sudo apt-get install
and reboot your system.

$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS
Release:        18.04
Codename:       bionic

$ uname -a
Linux aaa 4.15.0-54-generic #58-Ubuntu SMP Mon Jun 24 10:55:24 UTC 2019 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

$ /usr/lib/update-notifier/apt-check --human-readable
0 packages can be updated.
0 updates are security updates.

** Affects: update-manager (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: dist-upgrade

** Tags added: dist-upgrade

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Title:
  hwe-support-status prints wrong Ubuntu version

Status in update-manager package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  After do-release-upgrade from 16.04.6 to 18.04.2, my login motd still
  keeps telling me to upgrade from 16.04 which is no longer the current
  version

  $ hwe-support-status

  You have packages from the Hardware Enablement Stack (HWE) installed that
  are going out of support on 2023-04-30.
  To upgrade to a supported (or longer-supported) configuration:
  * Upgrade from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS to Ubuntu 18.04 LTS by running:
  sudo do-release-upgrade -p
  OR
  * Switch to the current security-supported stack by running:
  sudo apt-get install
  and reboot your system.

  $ lsb_release -a
  No LSB modules are available.
  Distributor ID: Ubuntu
  Description:    Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS
  Release:        18.04
  Codename:       bionic

  $ uname -a
  Linux aaa 4.15.0-54-generic #58-Ubuntu SMP Mon Jun 24 10:55:24 UTC 2019 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

  $ /usr/lib/update-notifier/apt-check --human-readable
  0 packages can be updated.
  0 updates are security updates.

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