Anno domini 2021 Thu, 19 Aug 13:18:16 +0200
Antony Stone scripsit:
> Hi.
>
> This may seem like a strange question, but has anyone tried "migrating" a
> machine from Devuan to Debian (ie: not the normal way round we discuss it
> here)?
>
> I have a need to play with FreeSwitch, and the package installer tells me:
>
> freeswitch-systemd : Depends: systemd which is a virtual package and is not
> provided by any available package

Install "equivs" and build a dummy package.

Nik

>
> I have a *very* fast and convenient method of creating Devuan VMs to play
> with, whereas creating a Debian VM would involve going through the entire
> standard Debian installer process (time difference: ~1 minute vs. ~1 hour).
>
> So, is it worth my while trying:
>
> - create a Beowulf VM
> - add either Buster or (since it became officially stable last weekend)
> Bullseye to sources.list
> - doing an upgrade and/or a dist-upgrade
>
> Anyone tried it? Success? Failure? You must be mad?
>
> My intention is simply to get FreeSwitch installed, find out how much it really
> *does* depend on systemd, and see how feasible it is to take those bits out or
> replace the init scripts etc, and then run it on Devuan.
>
> Opinions and experiences most welcome :)
>
>
> Antony.
>



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