All that info is right as far as I can tell.

gcc versions from /proc/version are labelled as debian for me too.

Try cat /etc/devuan_version

Also try switching to the stock 4.x kernel that comes with testing, you
can do it by installing linux-image-amd64 package which I guess you
don't have. Watch carefully the output though, I managed to mess up my
testing system that way because I didn't notice it wanted to remove
things, which was due to dependencies not having the right version yet
which I think is happening occasionally.

But it looks like you migrated properly :-)

There's probably several solutions somewhere to purge old configuration
files for packages already removed, or maybe /etc/debian_version should
be there too idk.
 
 
> Hello dev1fanboy, and everyone else.
>
> This is just an F.Y.I. I'd like to let you know that I've just
> carried
> out what so far appears to be a successful Debian -> Devuan
> conversion. You prudently advised that the
> upgrade/transformation/conversion should be from either Debian Wheezy
> or Jessie, and that was for very good reason. However, my Debian
> system was of the Stretch/Sid flavour:
>
> /etc/debian_version
> stretch/sid
>
> /proc/version
> Linux version 4.1.0-2-rt-amd64 (debian-kernel@???) (gcc
> version 4.9.3 (Debian 4.9.3-3) ) #1 SMP PREEMPT RT Debian 4.1.6-1
> (2015-08-23)
>
> Alas, I am far too impatient, impetuous and imprudent to methodically
> downgrade my system to the appropriate level before I attempted such
> a
> foolish thing, so I proceeded regardless. I even went so far as to
> configure minimalism in the system as you suggested, and that almost
> went off without a hitch. I say almost, because in the process my
> nvidia graphics driver and kernel module were trashed. But
> reinstating
> those was in principle easy owing to the brilliant SGFXI script,
> however I did need to re-boot (sorry KatolaZ) into a non-real-time
> pre-emptive kernel (i.e. non -rt-) otherwise the the sgfxi script
> complained and barfed.
>
> I can provide more detail if you're curious, but for the minute, I
> just wanted to thank you for your exceptionally clear and
> prescriptive
> instructions and perhaps to say that, if one is as brave or foolish
> as
> I am, it is eminently possible to jump across to Devuan from Debian
> Stretch/Sid by following your guide.
>
> Cheers,
> Sam
>
>
> p.s. there is (at least?) one annoying relic of the old Debian system
> lingering on my new Devuan OS, however: /etc/debian_version still
> says
> stretch/sid, and /proc/version now says:
>
> Linux version 3.16.0-4-amd64 (debian-kernel@???) (gcc
> version 4.8.4 (Debian 4.8.4-1) ) #1 SMP Debian 3.16.7-ckt11-1+deb8u3
> (2015-08-04)
>
> Is my triumphant declaration of success premature?
>
>
>
>
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