On Thu, Jul 20, 2017 at 09:22:24AM +0200, Jaromil wrote:

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>
> the we-are-not-so-sure solution is to add to our base-files package
> this symlink OR an additional /etc/debian_release containing the
> corresponding base distro we use, OR something else we may come up
> with.
>

This could work on new installs, but must be done with care on systems
which have been upgraded form Debian, since they already have
debian_release.

My2Cents

KatolaZ

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