Bug 481746

Summary:	About This System uses NAME from /etc/os-release, not PRETTY_NAME
Product:	[Applications] kinfocenter	Reporter:	tombrown9501
Component:	general	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED DOWNSTREAM
Severity:	normal	CC:	nate, sitter
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	5.27.10
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Debian testing
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments:	KDE About and neofetch KDE About and neofetch

Description tombrown9501 2024-02-24 04:40:49 UTC

SUMMARY
I am on Debian Trixie/Testing yet the About This System tab in system settings reports Debian 12. See the attached image showing side by side with neofetch, which correctly reports trixie/sid


STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Install Debian Testing with Plasma
2. System Settings > About this System

OBSERVED RESULT
Reporting OS as Debian 12

EXPECTED RESULT
Reporting OS as Debian Trixie

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux Trixie
KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.10
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.107.0
Qt Version: 5.15.10
Kernel Version: 6.6.15-amd64 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 8 × Intel® Core™ i5-8250U CPU @ 1.60GHz
Memory: 15.4 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: Mesa Intel® UHD Graphics 620
Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
Product Name: Inspiron 7573

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Comment 1 tombrown9501 2024-02-24 04:41:34 UTC

Created attachment 166048 [details]
KDE About and neofetch

Comment 2 tombrown9501 2024-02-24 04:42:32 UTC

Created attachment 166049 [details]
KDE About and neofetch

Comment 3 Nate Graham 2024-02-26 20:34:42 UTC

Please paste the contents of /etc/os-release.

Comment 4 tombrown9501 2024-02-26 21:46:20 UTC

(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #3)
> Please paste the contents of /etc/os-release.

PRETTY_NAME="Debian GNU/Linux trixie/sid"
NAME="Debian GNU/Linux"
VERSION_CODENAME=trixie
ID=debian
HOME_URL="https://www.debian.org/"
SUPPORT_URL="https://www.debian.org/support"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.debian.org/"

Comment 5 Nate Graham 2024-02-26 21:50:35 UTC

Thanks. looks like the issue is that we're using NAME and not PRETTY_NAME.

Comment 6 tombrown9501 2024-02-26 21:54:03 UTC

(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #5)
> Thanks. looks like the issue is that we're using NAME and not PRETTY_NAME.

Where could it be pulling the 12 from though? Thats a little bizarre right?

Comment 7 Harald Sitter 2024-02-26 22:25:00 UTC

kcm-about-distrorc overrides os-release

Please take reports to Debian.

Comment 8 tombrown9501 2024-02-27 01:54:42 UTC

(In reply to Harald Sitter from comment #7)
> kcm-about-distrorc overrides os-release
> 
> Please take reports to Debian.

Will do

Comment 9 tombrown9501 2024-03-02 21:58:11 UTC

(In reply to Harald Sitter from comment #7)
> kcm-about-distrorc overrides os-release
> 
> Please take reports to Debian.

Do you know what package I would file this bug under? Thanks for your help