On Sun, 22 Mar 2026 04:08:43 +1100
Chris Angelico via Dng <dng@???> wrote:

> On Sun, 22 Mar 2026 at 03:38, Xenguy via Dng <dng@???> wrote:
> > > > Or would the recommendation be to first migrate to Daedalus and then
> > > > upgrade to Excalibur?
> >
> > Yes, and bear in mind that once you arrive at Daedalus, 'usrmerge' will
> > need to be done *before* upgrading to Excalibur (see
> > https://www.devuan.org/os/documentation/install-guides/excalibur/upgrade-to-excalibur.html)
>
> Ah, thank you! Good to know.
>
> > > I would do a horizontal migration first and then the vertical
> > > migration to the next devuan version.
> > >
> > > Ciao,
> > > Tito
> >
> > Seconding this recommendation.
>
> Thank you both. I'll do that, then.
>
> Appreciate the help! I'll continue evaluating (and, mostly, looking
> into how I'll rework my existing systemd services to run on a
> different init system, for which I'll be looking into all three
> supported options), and will migrate once I get some of that precious
> stuff called "Spare Time"...
>
> ChrisA

Take a look at: man init-d-script — interpreter for short and simple init.d scripts
and at https://git.devuan.org/leepen/unit-translator

Ciao,
Tito