Public bug reported: Recently cloudinit added get_linux_distro to replace platform.dist() functionality. The behavior returned a tuple on ubuntu that doens't match the platform.dist module.
python3 -c 'from platform import dist; from cloudinit.util import get_linux_distro; print(dist()); print(get_linux_distro())' ('Ubuntu', '16.04', 'xenial') ('ubuntu', '16.04', 'x86_64') This breaks ntp configuration in cloud-init on xenial, which checks (_name, _version, codename) = util.system_info()['dist'] if codename == "xenial" and not util.system_is_snappy(): ... Also CentOS 7 behavior: [root@c71 ~]# python -c 'from platform import dist; from cloudinit.util import get_linux_distro; print(dist()); print(get_linux_distro())' ('centos', '7.5.1804', 'Core') ('centos', '7', 'x86_64') Debian stretch: root@debStretch:~# python -c 'from platform import dist; print(dist());'('debian', '9.4', '') openSuse 42.3: sles42:~ # python3 -c 'from platform import dist; print(dist());' ('SuSE', '42.3', 'x86_64') ** Affects: cloud-init Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Summary changed: - ubuntu/centos: get_linux_distro has differnet behavior than platform.dist + ubuntu/centos/debian: get_linux_distro has different behavior than platform.dist -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Yahoo! Engineering Team, which is subscribed to cloud-init. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1780481 Title: ubuntu/centos/debian: get_linux_distro has different behavior than platform.dist Status in cloud-init: New Bug description: Recently cloudinit added get_linux_distro to replace platform.dist() functionality. The behavior returned a tuple on ubuntu that doens't match the platform.dist module. python3 -c 'from platform import dist; from cloudinit.util import get_linux_distro; print(dist()); print(get_linux_distro())' ('Ubuntu', '16.04', 'xenial') ('ubuntu', '16.04', 'x86_64') This breaks ntp configuration in cloud-init on xenial, which checks (_name, _version, codename) = util.system_info()['dist'] if codename == "xenial" and not util.system_is_snappy(): ... Also CentOS 7 behavior: [root@c71 ~]# python -c 'from platform import dist; from cloudinit.util import get_linux_distro; print(dist()); print(get_linux_distro())' ('centos', '7.5.1804', 'Core') ('centos', '7', 'x86_64') Debian stretch: root@debStretch:~# python -c 'from platform import dist; print(dist());'('debian', '9.4', '') openSuse 42.3: sles42:~ # python3 -c 'from platform import dist; print(dist());' ('SuSE', '42.3', 'x86_64') To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/cloud-init/+bug/1780481/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~yahoo-eng-team Post to : yahoo-eng-team@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~yahoo-eng-team More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp