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Title:
Wrong lsb-release after release upgrade
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/2018/12/07/Wrong-lsb-release-after-release-upgrade
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lsb_release is a Python script that simply reads from the file /etc/lsb-release and dumps output to the screen. You can edit the file using:
sudo -H gedit /etc/lsb-release
Then change the contents to suit your platform. Mine contains:
$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=16.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=xenial
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 16.04.5 LTS"