On Mon, 16 Nov 2020 20:30:36 +0100, Antony wrote in message <202011162030.36261.antony.st...@devuan.open.source.it>:
> On Monday 16 November 2020 at 20:02:24, Fred wrote: > > > Uname -a still shows Debian. Why? > > All my Devuan machines (including ones installed as Devuan from the > start) do that. I guess it's for compatibility with scripts etc > which know nothing of Devuan, so that they at least know what type of > system they're running on, even if the init mechanism is different. ..from: uname --help Usage: uname [OPTION]... Print certain system information. With no OPTION, same as -s. -a, --all print all information, in the following order, except omit -p and -i if unknown: -s, --kernel-name print the kernel name -n, --nodename print the network node hostname -r, --kernel-release print the kernel release -v, --kernel-version print the kernel version ... ..e.g.: uname -v #1 SMP Debian 5.8.10-1~bpo10+1 (2020-09-26) arnt@d44:~$ uname -a Linux d44 5.8.0-0.bpo.2-amd64 #1 SMP Debian \ 5.8.10-1~bpo10+1 (2020-09-26) x86_64 GNU/Linux -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
