How is one supposed to know about this environment variable? $ man ubuntu-security-status No manual entry for ubuntu-security-status $ ubuntu-security-status --help usage: ubuntu-security-status [-h] [--thirdparty] [--unavailable]
Return information about security support for packages optional arguments: -h, --help show this help message and exit --thirdparty --unavailable Furthermore, the prior tool, ubuntu-support-status, did not need this magic under-documented environment variable to work: $ lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS Release: 18.04 Codename: bionic $ ubuntu-support-status Support status summary of 'HOSTNAME': You have 544 packages (14.4%) supported until April 2021 (Community - 3y) You have 2274 packages (60.3%) supported until April 2023 (Canonical - 5y) You have 3 packages (0.1%) supported until April 2021 (Canonical - 3y) You have 72 packages (1.9%) that can not/no-longer be downloaded You have 876 packages (23.2%) that are unsupported Your Hardware Enablement Stack (HWE) is supported until April 2023. Run with --show-unsupported, --show-supported or --show-all to see more details Why can't ubuntu-security-status work out which Packages files have a hash chain of trust that goes back to the ubuntu archive signing key, and then determine security support status based on that? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1878499 Title: MY_MIRROR env could be better documented To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+bug/1878499/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs