[Bug 1860896] Re: update-manager crashed with AttributeError in __init__(): module 'platform' has no attribute 'dist'

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*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1860893 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1860893

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and is a duplicate of bug #1860893, so is being marked as such.  Please
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** Tags removed: need-duplicate-check

** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Medium

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** This bug has been marked a duplicate of private bug 1860893

** Information type changed from Private to Public

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Title:
  update-manager crashed with AttributeError in __init__(): module
  'platform' has no attribute 'dist'

Status in update-manager package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Someone might want to check this for a duplicate against bug #1860893
  that I just reported a few minutes ago. The initial error messages
  seem suspiciously similar, and I'm surprised I didn't get a chance to
  select that bug as being related.

  ProblemType: Crash
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
  Package: update-manager 1:19.04.8
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-12.15-generic 5.4.8
  Uname: Linux 5.4.0-12-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu16
  Aptdaemon:
   
  Architecture: amd64
  CrashCounter: 1
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Sat Jan 25 21:53:04 2020
  ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/update-manager
  GsettingsChanges:
   b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'window-width' b'645'
   b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'launch-count' b'8'
   b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'first-run' b'false'
   b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'show-details' b'true'
   b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'launch-time' b'int64 1580010781'
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-01-03 (23 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20190805)
  InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python3.8
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/update-manager --no-update
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.8, Python 3.8.1, python3-minimal, 3.8.0-3
  PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/update-manager', '--no-update']
  PythonDetails: N/A
  SourcePackage: update-manager
  Title: update-manager crashed with AttributeError in __init__(): module 'platform' has no attribute 'dist'
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-01-03 (22 days ago)
  UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo

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