1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/base-files/base-files_3.0.14.bb b/meta/recipes-core/base-files/base-files_3.0.14.bb
index d138005311..2f1786b784 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/base-files/base-files_3.0.14.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/base-files/base-files_3.0.14.bb
@@ -145,8 +145,9 @@ do_install_basefilesissue () {
                 printf "${DISTRO_NAME} " >> ${D}${sysconfdir}/issue
                 printf "${DISTRO_NAME} " >> ${D}${sysconfdir}/issue.net
                 if [ -n "${DISTRO_VERSION}" ]; then
-                        printf "${DISTRO_VERSION} " >> ${D}${sysconfdir}/issue
-                        printf "${DISTRO_VERSION} " >> ${D}${sysconfdir}/issue.net
+                        distro_version_nodate=${@'${DISTRO_VERSION}'.replace('snapshot-${DATE}','snapshot').replace('${DATE}','')}
+                        printf "%s " $distro_version_nodate >> ${D}${sysconfdir}/issue
+                        printf "%s " $distro_version_nodate >> ${D}${sysconfdir}/issue.net
                 fi
                 printf "\\\n \\\l\n" >> ${D}${sysconfdir}/issue
                 echo >> ${D}${sysconfdir}/issue
@@ -154,6 +155,7 @@ do_install_basefilesissue () {
                 echo >> ${D}${sysconfdir}/issue.net
         fi
 }
+do_install_basefilesissue[vardepsexclude] += "DATE"
 
 do_install_append_linuxstdbase() {
         for d in ${dirs755-lsb}; do