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Re: binary-i386 packages missing in Release file

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On Tuesday 08 March 2016 10:07:35 Haines Brown wrote:

> On Tue, Mar 08, 2016 at 12:46:14PM +0000, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> > > > > It sounds as though your Jessie is being identified as Wheezy.
> > > > > You get that warning with Wheezy, even if it is 64bit Wheezy
> > > > > with 64bit Google-Chrome. Presumably because Google hasn't
> > > > > written a string of different error messages for the various
> > > > > different things it has just stopped supporting.
> > > > >
> > > > > Why Jessie is being identified as Wheezy is another question.
> > > > > Is there any reason why you might get identified as Ubuntu
> > > > > 12.04?  Another of the things that has just dropped off
> > > > > Google's cliff.
> > > > >
> > > > > Lisi
> > > >
> > > > Lisi, I have to make a confession. The machine is actually
> > > > running devuan Jessie. That is probably the reason.
> > >
> > > Glad we have solved the mystery - though sadly not your problem.
> > > :-(
> >
> > A potential solution to the problem would be Jessie proper, but
> > without systemd.  It seems to work rather well, in fact, from what
> > people doing so say.  I am about to cross my fingers and try it
> > myself.
> > Lisi
>
> In thinking about it, I'm not sure now if I installed the devuan ISO
> or debian Jessie and then removed systemd. As I tell my wife, I always
> am thinking about higher things! How would I know at this point which
> I did?
>
> Haines

Whether you can get away with that depends on the age of the wet ram, I 
have reached that age (81) where I can recall stuff I did in the '60's, 
but not what, if anything, I had for breakfast for breakfast this 
morning, it takes 2 to 3 cups of caffiene before I can claim to even be 
awake.  That means 2 more before I'm safe around machinery. :)

Cheers, Gene Heskett
-- 
"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
 soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
-Ed Howdershelt (Author)
Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>

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binary-i386 packages missing in Release file Haines Brown <haines@histomat.net> - 2016-03-06 20:40 +0100
  Re: binary-i386 packages missing in Release file Sven Hartge <sven@svenhartge.de> - 2016-03-06 20:50 +0100
  Re: binary-i386 packages missing in Release file Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com> - 2016-03-06 20:50 +0100
    Re: binary-i386 packages missing in Release file Sven Hartge <sven@svenhartge.de> - 2016-03-06 21:10 +0100
    Re: binary-i386 packages missing in Release file Haines Brown <haines@histomat.net> - 2016-03-07 00:20 +0100
      Re: binary-i386 packages missing in Release file Martinx - ジェームズ <thiagocmartinsc@gmail.com> - 2016-03-07 00:50 +0100
        Re: binary-i386 packages missing in Release file Haines Brown <haines@histomat.net> - 2016-03-07 01:40 +0100
          Re: binary-i386 packages missing in Release file Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-03-07 16:00 +0100
            Re: binary-i386 packages missing in Release file Haines Brown <haines@histomat.net> - 2016-03-07 18:20 +0100
              Re: binary-i386 packages missing in Release file Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-03-07 19:40 +0100
                Re: binary-i386 packages missing in Release file Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-03-08 13:50 +0100
                Re: binary-i386 packages missing in Release file Haines Brown <haines@histomat.net> - 2016-03-08 16:10 +0100
                Re: binary-i386 packages missing in Release file Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-03-08 17:10 +0100
                Re: binary-i386 packages missing in Release file Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-03-08 17:30 +0100

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