On 07/11/15 20:32, dev1fan...@use.startmail.com wrote: > All that info is right as far as I can tell. > > gcc versions from /proc/version are labelled as debian for me too. > > Try cat /etc/devuan_version > > Also try switching to the stock 4.x kernel that comes with testing, you > can do it by installing linux-image-amd64 package which I guess you > don't have. Watch carefully the output though, I managed to mess up my > testing system that way because I didn't notice it wanted to remove > things, which was due to dependencies not having the right version yet > which I think is happening occasionally. > > But it looks like you migrated properly :-) > > There's probably several solutions somewhere to purge old configuration > files for packages already removed, or maybe /etc/debian_version should > be there too idk.
Thanks dev1fanboy I've responded to Didier about these matters you bring to my attention, but I should have responded specifically to you too. I appreciate your advice and apologise for burdening you with matters that I was already aware of. I should have thought about it a little more before flagging it as an anomaly. >> Hello dev1fanboy, and everyone else. >> >> This is just an F.Y.I. I'd like to let you know that I've just carried >> out what so far appears to be a successful Debian -> Devuan >> conversion. You prudently advised that the >> upgrade/transformation/conversion should be from either Debian Wheezy >> or Jessie, and that was for very good reason. However, my Debian >> system was of the Stretch/Sid flavour: >> >> /etc/debian_version >> stretch/sid >> >> /proc/version >> Linux version 4.1.0-2-rt-amd64 (debian-ker...@lists.debian.org) (gcc >> version 4.9.3 (Debian 4.9.3-3) ) #1 SMP PREEMPT RT Debian 4.1.6-1 >> (2015-08-23) >> >> Alas, I am far too impatient, impetuous and imprudent to methodically >> downgrade my system to the appropriate level before I attempted such a >> foolish thing, so I proceeded regardless. I even went so far as to >> configure minimalism in the system as you suggested, and that almost >> went off without a hitch. I say almost, because in the process my >> nvidia graphics driver and kernel module were trashed. But reinstating >> those was in principle easy owing to the brilliant SGFXI script, >> however I did need to re-boot (sorry KatolaZ) into a non-real-time >> pre-emptive kernel (i.e. non -rt-) otherwise the the sgfxi script >> complained and barfed. >> >> I can provide more detail if you're curious, but for the minute, I >> just wanted to thank you for your exceptionally clear and prescriptive >> instructions and perhaps to say that, if one is as brave or foolish as >> I am, it is eminently possible to jump across to Devuan from Debian >> Stretch/Sid by following your guide. >> >> Cheers, >> Sam >> >> >> p.s. there is (at least?) one annoying relic of the old Debian system >> lingering on my new Devuan OS, however: /etc/debian_version still says >> stretch/sid, and /proc/version now says: >> >> Linux version 3.16.0-4-amd64 (debian-ker...@lists.debian.org) (gcc >> version 4.8.4 (Debian 4.8.4-1) ) #1 SMP Debian 3.16.7-ckt11-1+deb8u3 >> (2015-08-04) >> >> Is my triumphant declaration of success premature? >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Dng mailing list >> Dng@lists.dyne.org >> https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng