Bug#1111039: Upgrading a system installed with Debian live from Bookworm to Trixie does not change /etc/os-release due to dpkg diversion
On Thu, 14 Aug 2025 at 18:28, NoisyCoil <noisycoil@disroot.org> wrote:
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> On 14/08/25 16:48, Luca Boccassi wrote:
> > However, the main problem is where to have it - I just checked a
> > calamares installation, and there's no live-* packages unfortunately.
>
> I don't think it should be dealt with by live-build or calamares. As our
> Bananas port shows, this bug may have propagated to unexpected use-cases
> and gotten out of the control of both of them. Our users certainly
> wouldn't receive the fix that way, as we don't use calamares as an
> installer and uninstall all live-* packages. Regardless of how ugly it
> may look, base-files itself may be the best place where to add the
> postinst script.
Most definitely not base-files - if there really isn't any
live-related package left installed, I'll put it in
init-system-helpers - please double and triple check if there's
anything else that is live-related. Thanks
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