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Author: tito
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To: dng
Subject: Re: [DNG] Script to migrate buster desktop to beowulf v1.8
On Fri, 16 Apr 2021 00:32:51 +0200
tito via Dng <dng@???> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> v 1.8
>
> now with supported DE's:
>
> 1) GNOME
> 2) LXDE
> 3) LXQT
> 4) XFCE
> 5) KDE
> 6) MATE
> 7) CINNAMON
>
> and minor fixes, improvements and cleanups.
>
> Made script more robust against failures:
> 1) added test for internet connectivity
> 2) check that time and date is correct
>     or apt update will fail. Fix it 
>     with ntpdate-debian if not correct 
> 2) added test to check that required deb packages 
>     download really succeeds
> 3) Move point of no return further down the script
>     after most of the checks for prerequisites 
>     by reshuffling the code a little bit
> 4) remove full paths of programs (as they can
>     be different between systems) with the 
>      exception of /bin/echo (don't want builtin)


substitute echo with printf

> 5) fixes for shellcheck
>
> Ciao,
> Tito