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Auteur: Didier Kryn
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Onderwerp: Re: [DNG] Quick start guide to uprading to Devuan and configuring minimalism
Le 09/11/2015 05:06, Sam a écrit :
> On 07/11/15 20:53, Didier Kryn wrote:
>> Le 07/11/2015 11:02, dev1fanboy@??? a écrit :
>>> All that info is right as far as I can tell.
>>>
>>> gcc versions from /proc/version are labelled as debian for me too.
>>>
>>      The kernel remembers who has compiled it, when, and where. If you
>> compile it yourself you'll be pleased to see your username in
>> /proc/version. You can also add some tag to the kernel version It is
>> also possible to add some tag to the version of gcc if you compile it
>> yourself, and it will appear when you invoke 'gcc --version'.

>>
>>      As long as Devuan keeps Debian packages for kernel and gcc, you're
>> going to see that they have been compiled by Debian devs. And Devuan,
>> for the moment only modifies packages which need to, in order to get rid
>> of systemd dependency. This does not involve gcc, and not yet the kernel.

>>
>>      Didier

>>
> Thanks Didier, for the advice and especially for setting me straight on
> this matter. I should have realised this before I raised it as a quirk
> or an issue; I've compiled many, many custom kernels, so I should have
> been well-aware of the process and the tweaks that are possible - and
> having played with that one in particular when customising and compiling
> kernels off-platform for the particular idiosyncrasies of the eventual
> host systems, I should have been more attentive to this.
>
> Thanks especially for dignifying my input into the discussion with your
> response.
>
> Sam


     Dear Sam,


     You seem experienced in embedded Linux (compiling custom kernels). 
This is a field in which I gained a little experience, and this is how I 
learned the most about the init process. And it is probably for this 
reason that I became a Devuan fan at the beginning of this year. I guess 
people must have some knowledge of init to have an opinion on how it 
should be :-)


     I, like you, have a great respect for the goals of the VUAs.  I 
admire their talent regarding both Debian and Cloud technologies.


     Didier