Anno domini 2021 Thu, 19 Aug 13:18:16 +0200
 Antony Stone scripsit:
> Hi.
> 
> This may seem like a strange question, but has anyone tried "migrating" a 
> machine from Devuan to Debian (ie: not the normal way round we discuss it 
> here)?
> 
> I have a need to play with FreeSwitch, and the package installer tells me:
> 
> freeswitch-systemd : Depends: systemd which is a virtual package and is not 
> provided by any available package

Install "equivs" and build a dummy package.

Nik

> 
> I have a *very* fast and convenient method of creating Devuan VMs to play 
> with, whereas creating a Debian VM would involve going through the entire 
> standard Debian installer process (time difference: ~1 minute vs. ~1 hour).
> 
> So, is it worth my while trying:
> 
>  - create a Beowulf VM
>  - add either Buster or (since it became officially stable last weekend) 
> Bullseye to sources.list
>  - doing an upgrade and/or a dist-upgrade
> 
> Anyone tried it?  Success?  Failure?  You must be mad?
> 
> My intention is simply to get FreeSwitch installed, find out how much it 
> really 
> *does* depend on systemd, and see how feasible it is to take those bits out 
> or 
> replace the init scripts etc, and then run it on Devuan.
> 
> Opinions and experiences most welcome :)
> 
> 
> Antony.
> 



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