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Re: Need clarifications about how to deal with the installed problematic kernel, linux-image-6.1.0-14-amd64 (6.1.64-1)

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On Mon, Dec 11, 2023 at 04:31:22AM +0100, Stella Ashburne wrote:
> Someone on a social media platform stated that there are only two "canonical" [sic] ways to verify the version of Debian installed on a system. They are:
> 
> uname -a
> 
> /proc/version
> 
> Do you agree with the above statement?

The second one isn't even a command.

Neither one of them tells you what version of Debian is installed, even
if you fix the second one.  All these tell you is which kernel is
running.

It's completely possible, and supported, to run a Debian system with a
custom kernel that you built yourself, in which case the kernel version
revealed by these commands tells you nothing about which OS is running
on top of that kernel.

To see the version of Debian, the correct command is:

    cat /etc/debian_version

This works for any *release* version of Debian.  It will not differentiate
among various pre-releases, including testing and unstable.  For those,
you'll need to go deeper.  "apt policy" and "cat /etc/apt/sources.list"
and "tail -n+1 /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*" would be good starts for that.

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Need clarifications about how to deal with the installed  problematic kernel, linux-image-6.1.0-14-amd64 (6.1.64-1) Stella Ashburne <rewefie@gmx.com> - 2023-12-10 13:50 +0100
  Re: Need clarifications about how to deal with the installed  problematic kernel, linux-image-6.1.0-14-amd64 (6.1.64-1) Michael Kjörling <2695bd53d63c@ewoof.net> - 2023-12-10 14:40 +0100
    Re: Need clarifications about how to deal with the installed  problematic kernel, linux-image-6.1.0-14-amd64 (6.1.64-1) Stella Ashburne <rewefie@gmx.com> - 2023-12-11 04:40 +0100
      Re: Need clarifications about how to deal with the installed  problematic kernel, linux-image-6.1.0-14-amd64 (6.1.64-1) Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2023-12-11 04:50 +0100
        Re: Need clarifications about how to deal with the installed  problematic kernel, linux-image-6.1.0-14-amd64 (6.1.64-1) Stella Ashburne <rewefie@gmx.com> - 2023-12-11 11:30 +0100
      Re: Need clarifications about how to deal with the installed  problematic kernel, linux-image-6.1.0-14-amd64 (6.1.64-1) "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2023-12-11 08:30 +0100
        Re: Need clarifications about how to deal with the installed  problematic kernel, linux-image-6.1.0-14-amd64 (6.1.64-1) Stella Ashburne <rewefie@gmx.com> - 2023-12-11 11:40 +0100
      Re: Need clarifications about how to deal with the installed  problematic kernel, linux-image-6.1.0-14-amd64 (6.1.64-1) Michael Kjörling <2695bd53d63c@ewoof.net> - 2023-12-11 09:30 +0100
  Re: Need clarifications about how to deal with the installed  problematic kernel, linux-image-6.1.0-14-amd64 (6.1.64-1) "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2023-12-10 14:50 +0100
    Re: Need clarifications about how to deal with the installed  problematic kernel, linux-image-6.1.0-14-amd64 (6.1.64-1) Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2023-12-10 16:10 +0100
      Re: Need clarifications about how to deal with the installed  problematic kernel, linux-image-6.1.0-14-amd64 (6.1.64-1) Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2023-12-10 19:10 +0100
        Re: Need clarifications about how to deal with the installed  problematic kernel, linux-image-6.1.0-14-amd64 (6.1.64-1) Stella Ashburne <rewefie@gmx.com> - 2023-12-11 03:30 +0100
      Re: Need clarifications about how to deal with the installed  problematic kernel, linux-image-6.1.0-14-amd64 (6.1.64-1) Stella Ashburne <rewefie@gmx.com> - 2023-12-11 03:40 +0100
        Re: Need clarifications about how to deal with the installed  problematic kernel, linux-image-6.1.0-14-amd64 (6.1.64-1) Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2023-12-11 04:30 +0100
          Re: Need clarifications about how to deal with the installed  problematic kernel, linux-image-6.1.0-14-amd64 (6.1.64-1) Stella Ashburne <rewefie@gmx.com> - 2023-12-11 04:50 +0100
        Release process notes [WAS Re: Need clarifications about how to deal  with the installed problematic kernel, linux-image-6.1.0-14-amd64  (6.1.64-1)] "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2023-12-11 08:20 +0100
          Re: Release process notes [WAS  Need clarifications about how to  deal with the installed problematic kernel, linux-image-6.1.0-14-amd64  (6.1.64-1)] Stella Ashburne <rewefie@gmx.com> - 2023-12-11 14:40 +0100
            Re: Release process notes [WAS  Need clarifications about how to  deal with the installed problematic kernel, linux-image-6.1.0-14-amd64  (6.1.64-1)] Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2023-12-11 15:20 +0100
              Re: Release process notes [WAS  Need clarifications about how to  deal with the installed problematic kernel, linux-image-6.1.0-14-amd64  (6.1.64-1)] Stella Ashburne <rewefie@gmx.com> - 2023-12-11 16:00 +0100

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