/etc/debian_version -> jessie / sid

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I’m new to a project that has integrated many Beaglebone Blacks. I’m trying to determine which distribution I am using. The information below suggests that I have the unstable (sid) version installed. Is this correct? How do I determine the 8.x number of Debian that I am using?

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$ cat /etc/debian_version

jessie/sid

$ uname -a

Linux rti-78a504f87da8 3.8.13-bone62 #1 SMP Mon Aug 18 21:28:53 EDT 2014 armv7l GNU/Linux

$ cat /etc/issue

Debian GNU/Linux jessie/sid \n \l
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lsb_release -a

Regards,

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Thanks Robert. I don’t seem to have that command. Is there a package I must install?

Know anything about this ‘jessie / sid’ business?

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After installing ‘lsb-release’ I get:

$ lsb_release

No LSB modules are available.

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That's ^ normal, hence i asked for "lsb_release -a"

anywho...

"jessie/sid"

Mean's this image is pre jessie release and pre-stretch, hence pretty old.

You should really ping who ever you got it from. As it's in a pretty
scary state, careful with updateing anything, specially if you rely on
the system.

Regards,

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Sorry. Left off the ‘-a’. Thank you.

$ lsb_release -a

No LSB modules are available.

Distributor ID: Debian

Description: Debian GNU/Linux 8.5 (jessie)

Release: 8.5

Codename: jessie

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Apologies for the goof. So given my output from both /etc/debian_version and lsb_release -a would you still say I have an old/sketchy release. The output from lsb_release -a doesn’t mention anything about sid.

I have many units remotely deployed and I am wondering if it is really ‘sid’, whether I should upgrade, what is the safest way to do this.

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For posterity: I tracked down one of the original developers. We’re using the Beaglebone kernel but grabbing the distribution directly from Debian.

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I really easy way to tell is check APT sources.lst . . .

$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/ jessie main contrib non-free
#deb-src http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/ jessie main contrib non-free

deb http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/ jessie-updates main contrib non-free
#deb-src http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/ jessie-updates main contrib non-free

deb http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main contrib non-free
#deb-src http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main contrib non-free

. . .

One thing that is concerning me however. @Robert, where is the official debian security updates ?

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D’oh, it’s right there in my face . . .last line heh