Re: Upgrade testing to unstable but debian_version and os-release not changing to sid
On Mon 16 Aug 2021 at 21:47:08 (-0400), Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 17, 2021 at 09:21:52AM +0800, Robbi Nespu wrote:
> > $ cat /etc/debian_version
> > 11.0
> >
> > $ cat /etc/os-release
> > PRETTY_NAME="Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)"
> > NAME="Debian GNU/Linux"
> > VERSION_ID="11"
> > VERSION="11 (bullseye)"
> > VERSION_CODENAME=bullseye
> > ID=debian
> > HOME_URL="https://www.debian.org/";
> > SUPPORT_URL="https://www.debian.org/support";
> > BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.debian.org/";
> >
> > Hurmm.. that is unexpected, are this is normal or did I missed something?
>
> Be patient. A new base-files package hasn't been uploaded into unstable
> yet. I'm sure it'll happen sooner or later.
>
> https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=base-files
And even then, take note of /usr/share/doc/base-files/README:
“Q. Why "bookworm/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.
“Q. Ok, but how do I know which distribution I'm running?
“A. If you are running testing or unstable, then /etc/debian_version is
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.”
Cheers,
David.
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