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   From: last.rain1438@fastmail.com   
      
   Package: upgrade-reports   
   Severity: normal   
   X-Debbugs-Cc: last.rain1438@fastmail.com   
      
   (Please provide enough information to help the Debian   
   maintainers evaluate the report efficiently - e.g., by filling   
   in the sections below.)   
      
   My previous release is: bookworm   
   I am upgrading to: trixie   
   Archive date: ?   
   Upgrade date: 2025-08-13   
   uname -a before upgrade: (unavailable)   
   uname -a after upgrade: Linux zothique 6.12.38+deb13-amd64 #1 SMP   
   PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Debian 6.12.38-1 (2025-07-16) x86_64 GNU/Linux  (this is after   
   problem was remediated manually   
   Method: followed instructions at   
   https://www.debian.org/releases/trixie/release-notes/upgrading.en.html   
      
   Contents of /etc/apt/sources.list:   
      
   I removed /etc/apt/sources.list completely and replaced it with debian.sources   
   per instructions   
      
      
   - Were there any non-Debian packages installed before the upgrade?  If   
     so, what were they?   
      
   no   
      
   - Was the system pre-update a 'pure' system only containing packages   
     from the previous release? If not, which packages were not from that   
     release?   
      
   yes   
      
   - Did any packages fail to upgrade?   
      
   no   
      
   - Were there any problems with the system after upgrading?   
      
   yes   
      
   The problem was simple: when I ran a tool such as "neofetch" it said I was   
   still on "bookworm."  Looking around /etc/ I discovered that /etc/os-release   
   was a regular file (not a symlink) which contained the following:   
      
   PRETTY_NAME="Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)"   
   NAME="Debian GNU/Linux"   
   VERSION_ID="12"   
   VERSION="12 (bookworm)"   
   VERSION_CODENAME=bookworm   
   ID=debian   
   HOME_URL="https://www.debian.org/"   
   SUPPORT_URL="https://www.debian.org/support"   
   BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.debian.org/"   
   IMAGE_ID=live   
   BUILD_ID=20241109T101058Z   
      
   I learned from commenters on reddit that this was one of the "base-files"   
   package.  Messing with dpkg -l I discovered that this had been "diverted" so   
   that the symlink which was supposed to be there was at /etc/os-   
   release.debootstrap .  I removed the file /etc/os-release manually and ran   
   "sudo dpkg-divert --remove --rename /etc/os-release" to un-divert the file, and   
   that fixed it.   
      
   I don't know why that diversion happened; it was probably that way ever since I   
   first installed the system.  However, it would have been helpful if in the   
   process of upgrading to trixie, that diversion were removed so that /etc/os-   
   release could accurately reflect the system.  The fact that that didn't happen   
   and I was left with an inaccurate /etc/os-release is the substance of the bug   
   report.   
      
      
   Further Comments/Problems:   
      
      
   Please attach the output of "COLUMNS=200 dpkg -l" (or "env COLUMNS ...",   
   depending on your shell) from before and after the upgrade so that we   
   know what packages were installed on your system.   
      
   I didn't do this before the upgrade, and I'm skipping it now since I'm pretty   
   sure that would be irrelevant to the bug report but I can provide this info for   
   my current system on request.   
      
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