> The debdiff is attached.
Here it is, sorry.
diff -Nru base-files-9.7/debian/changelog base-files-9.8/debian/changelog --- base-files-9.7/debian/changelog 2016-11-27 19:29:38.000000000 +0100 +++ base-files-9.8/debian/changelog 2017-01-15 23:00:02.000000000 +0100 @@ -1,3 +1,18 @@ +base-files (9.8) unstable; urgency=medium + + * Release candidate for stretch as stable: + - Use "9" as version in /etc/issue and /etc/issue.net. + (never expected to change after stretch is released) + - Use 9.0 as version in /etc/debian_version. + (expected to change at every point release) + - Change PRETTY_NAME in /usr/lib/os-release, adding 9 as version number + and "(stretch)" as codename. Add also VERSION_ID and VERSION. + (never expected to change) + - Update README (stretch -> buster). + * Standards-Version: 3.9.8 (no special changes for this). + + -- Santiago Vila <[email protected]> Sun, 15 Jan 2017 23:00:02 +0100 + base-files (9.7) unstable; urgency=medium * Do not care about /etc/nsswitch.conf anymore, as the file has been diff -Nru base-files-9.7/debian/control base-files-9.8/debian/control --- base-files-9.7/debian/control 2016-11-27 18:00:00.000000000 +0100 +++ base-files-9.8/debian/control 2017-01-15 22:00:00.000000000 +0100 @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Section: admin Priority: required Maintainer: Santiago Vila <[email protected]> -Standards-Version: 3.9.7 +Standards-Version: 3.9.8 Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9) Package: base-files diff -Nru base-files-9.7/debian/README base-files-9.8/debian/README --- base-files-9.7/debian/README 2016-11-27 18:00:00.000000000 +0100 +++ base-files-9.8/debian/README 2017-01-15 22:00:00.000000000 +0100 @@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ * Questions about /etc/issue and /etc/debian_version: Q. I upgraded my system to the testing distribution and now my /etc/issue -says "stretch/sid". Should it not read "stretch" or "testing"? +says "buster/sid". Should it not read "buster" or "testing"? Q. I upgraded my system to the unstable distribution and now my /etc/issue -says "stretch/sid". Should it not read "sid" or "unstable"? +says "buster/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 @@ 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 -"stretch/sid" (or whatever is appropriate). +"buster/sid" (or whatever is appropriate). -Q. Why "stretch/sid" and not "testing/unstable" as it used to be? +Q. Why "buster/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. diff -Nru base-files-9.7/etc/debian_version base-files-9.8/etc/debian_version --- base-files-9.7/etc/debian_version 2015-04-30 12:00:00.000000000 +0200 +++ base-files-9.8/etc/debian_version 2017-01-15 23:00:00.000000000 +0100 @@ -1 +1 @@ -stretch/sid +9.0 diff -Nru base-files-9.7/etc/issue base-files-9.8/etc/issue --- base-files-9.7/etc/issue 2015-04-30 12:00:00.000000000 +0200 +++ base-files-9.8/etc/issue 2017-01-15 23:00:00.000000000 +0100 @@ -1,2 +1,2 @@ -Debian #OSNAME# stretch/sid \n \l +Debian #OSNAME# 9 \n \l diff -Nru base-files-9.7/etc/issue.net base-files-9.8/etc/issue.net --- base-files-9.7/etc/issue.net 2015-04-30 12:00:00.000000000 +0200 +++ base-files-9.8/etc/issue.net 2017-01-15 23:00:00.000000000 +0100 @@ -1 +1 @@ -Debian #OSNAME# stretch/sid +Debian #OSNAME# 9 diff -Nru base-files-9.7/etc/os-release base-files-9.8/etc/os-release --- base-files-9.7/etc/os-release 2015-10-28 17:37:11.000000000 +0100 +++ base-files-9.8/etc/os-release 2017-01-15 23:00:00.000000000 +0100 @@ -1,5 +1,7 @@ -PRETTY_NAME="Debian #OSNAME# stretch/sid" +PRETTY_NAME="Debian #OSNAME# 9 (stretch)" NAME="Debian #OSNAME#" +VERSION_ID="9" +VERSION="9 (stretch)" ID=debian HOME_URL="https://www.debian.org/"; SUPPORT_URL="https://www.debian.org/support";
