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authorLibravatar Santiago Vila <[email protected]>2025-05-12 21:00:00 +0200
committerLibravatar Santiago Vila <[email protected]>2025-05-12 21:00:00 +0200
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Update README for Debian 13.
Change trixie references to forky. Use 13.x as the example version.
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@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ Frequently Asked Questions about base-files
* Questions about /etc/issue and /etc/debian_version:
Q. I upgraded my system to the testing distribution and now my /etc/issue
-says "trixie/sid". Should it not read "trixie" or "testing"?
+says "forky/sid". Should it not read "forky" or "testing"?
Q. I upgraded my system to the unstable distribution and now my /etc/issue
-says "trixie/sid". Should it not read "sid" or "unstable"?
+says "forky/sid". Should it not read "sid" or "unstable"?
A. That would be nice, but it is not possible because of the way the
testing distribution works. Packages uploaded for unstable reach
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ testing. You should consider the testing and unstable distributions as
two sides of the same coin. Since the base-files package in testing
was initially uploaded for unstable, the only sensible /etc/issue to
have is one that is both valid for testing and unstable, hence
-"trixie/sid" (or whatever is appropriate).
+"forky/sid" (or whatever is appropriate).
-Q. Why "trixie/sid" and not "testing/unstable" as it used to be?
+Q. Why "forky/sid" and not "testing/unstable" as it used to be?
A. The codename is a little bit more informative, as the meaning of
"testing" changes over time.
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ not a reliable way to know that anymore. Looking at the contents of
your /etc/apt/sources.list file is probably a much better way.
Q. There is a new point release and I've just upgraded my system.
-The /etc/debian_version file now says 10.x but /etc/issue still says 10.
+The /etc/debian_version file now says 13.x but /etc/issue still says 13.
Is this ok?
A. Yes. The release managers asked me not to touch /etc/issue, as that's