Bug#681598: /usr/share/pyshared/lsb_release.py: release detection fails with http.debian.net redirector in sources.list

On 07/14/2012 11:45 AM, Nikolaus Rath wrote:
> When using the http.debian.net redirector, though
> 
> | deb-src http://http.debian.net/debian/ testing main contrib non-free
> | deb http://http.debian.net/debian/ testing main contrib non-free
> 
> the detection fails:

Cannot duplicate on my system:

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jeff@virtpc-wheezy:~$ python
Python 2.7.3rc2 (default, Apr 22 2012, 22:30:17)
[GCC 4.6.3] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import lsb_release
>>> lsb_release.get_distro_information()
{'DESCRIPTION': u'Debian GNU/Linux testing (wheezy)', 'RELEASE':
u'testing', 'CODENAME': 'wheezy', 'OS': 'GNU/Linux', 'ID': 'Debian'}
>>>
jeff@virtpc-wheezy:~$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list

deb http://http.debian.net/debian/ testing main contrib non-free
deb-src http://http.debian.net/debian/ testing main contrib non-free

#deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib non-free
#deb-src http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib non-free

#deb http://ftp.uwsg.indiana.edu/linux/debian/ wheezy-updates main
contrib non-free
#deb-src http://ftp.uwsg.indiana.edu/linux/debian/ wheezy-updates main
contrib non-free
jeff@virtpc-wheezy:~$
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One potential issue I did find: lsb_release did get quite confused when
I changed sources.list but did not "apt-get update" afterwards.  Can you
check that and see if "apt-get update" makes a difference?