Cubic appends ".. cubic...v..) name to the OS system name, how can I prevent this?

[dat-linux]

Cubic adds its name to the OS system name, how can I prevent this?

[PJ-Singh-001]

Uncheck the "Update the release description" check box on the Project page.

[PJ-Singh-001]

By the way, Cubic updates the "release description", not the OS name.

However, the "release description" is used in various GUI windows (such as System | About) in place of the OS name, which is why you see this.

[dat-linux]

I want the release description to show the custom info WITHOUT the "cubic.date.." part at the end. Cubic attaches extra info that should not be there.

[dat-linux]

I'm patching the code locally, but this part of the release descr. string should be removed.
`
#description = f'{model.custom.iso_volume_id} (Cubic {model.project.modify_date})'

description = f'{model.custom.iso_volume_id}'
`

Thanks for help.

[PJ-Singh-001]

1. On the Project page, highlight the value for "Volume ID" (in the "Custom Disk" section). Then, from the right-click context menu, select "Copy" to save this value for later.

2. Un-check the "Update the release description" check box, as show above. This will prevent Cubic from overwriting your changes in step 3.

3. On the Terminal page, manually edit the following files with the copied value of "Volume ID" from step 1. Edit the values for DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION and PRETTY_NAME. (You can use nano to edit these files).

   /etc/lsb-release
   /etc/os-release
   /usr/lib/os-release
   

[dat-linux]

You should never change the lsb_release for a respin. As it affects the apt repos, and anything else that depends on knowing what the release is (eg "xenial").

Please remove the "(Cubic {model.project.modify_date})" text in the code, it is not helpful to add this text to my release.

[PJ-Singh-001]

lsb_release

@dat-linux,

You should never use the lsb_release's Description value to check the release. If this is not helpful to your personal respin, I suggest correcting the package management code you wrote to not use this value. Otherwise, you may consider using apt as your package manager, which does not rely on the Description value.