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ferozfirru

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Registered: 2022-02-23

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How can we get Parent release name in devuan , for example Bullseye?

hello guys,

Devuan chimaera is based on debian bullseye right, is there anyway to get this "bullseye" text from any file?
im unable to find it, only chimaera showing everywhere

xinomilo

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Registered: 2017-07-02

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Re: How can we get Parent release name in devuan , for example Bullseye?

look at : /etc/debian_version
its included in base-files package, along with /etc/devuan_version

ferozfirru

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Re: How can we get Parent release name in devuan , for example Bullseye?

thanks for the reply mate,
but no luck

abcde@fersys:~$ cat /etc/debian_version
11.1
abcde@fersys:~$ cat /etc/devuan_version 
chimaera

xinomilo

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Re: How can we get Parent release name in devuan , for example Bullseye?

seems that's only in bullseye/stable and only for debian_version. devuan_version shows chimaera.
in testing/ceres i get release name :

/etc/debian_version :
bookworm/sid
/etc/devuan_version :
chimaera/ceres

edit] hm, chimaera should be daedalus, no?

Last edited by xinomilo (2022-03-14 18:05:55)

golinux

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Registered: 2016-11-25

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Re: How can we get Parent release name in devuan , for example Bullseye?

hm, chimaera should be daedalus, no?

Yes.  bookworm will be excalibur

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ferozfirru

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Registered: 2022-02-23

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Re: How can we get Parent release name in devuan , for example Bullseye?

thanks im just aksing if the devuan developers had placed this "bulleye" text anywhere in the system or not.

rolfie

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Registered: 2017-11-25

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Re: How can we get Parent release name in devuan , for example Bullseye?

Not sure if this is a Devuan topic. I guess this file is a copy of the corresponding file from Debian. Just verified with a Bullseye installation in my VBox. There I also get 11.2.

rolfie

fsmithred

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Registered: 2016-11-25

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Re: How can we get Parent release name in devuan , for example Bullseye?

In my daedalus install, /etc/debian_version says "bookworm/sid". I think they switch to numbers when it goes stable, so it shows which point-release you are at.