On Sat, 20 Jun 2026 07:55:59 -0500, o1bigtenor wrote in message
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> Greetings
>
> I use a separate system to do initial updates on before I do some on
> my main system.
> A habit developed quite some time ago on advice from a mentor.
>
> Did the usrmerge upgrade and then had an unusable system.

..the "usrmerge upgrade" is simply a tactic to destroy Devuan
as a viable distro, and makes re-electing Trump look smart.

> Stopped there.

..wise. Now, do we distch Debian as upstream for important stuff,
or do we ditch Devuan? I'm stuck at Daedalus for now, looking for
alternatives.

..usrmerge, systemd, the X.org strangulation etc are tools the
fanbois use to destroy GNU/Linux as viable multi use(r) OSes
and restrict "it" to a nice single user OS, and you guys fell
for it.


> Have seen comments which seem to suggest that this usrmerge idea is
> not really a
> good idea.
>
> So do I reinstall Daedalus on my testing system and not bother
> upgrading to Excalibur
> waiting for perhaps an option where I don't need to use usrmerge or do
> I do an install of
> Excalibur removing Daedalus (which is no borked).
>
> Advice is sought - - - please?

..me, I see porting base system packages from Slackware as the
easiest and best way forward, using e.g. alien to convert their
packages, or build .deb packages from Slackware sources if alien
fails.

--
..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen
...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry...
Scenarios always come in sets of three:
best case, worst case, and just in case.