Sorry, I can't reproduce it on a freshly installed Devuan, and I have a machine I upgraded from Debian Squeeze to Devuan Jessie. Both machines show:

$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Devuan
Description:    Devuan GNU/Linux 1.0 (jessie)
Release:        1.0
Codename:       jessie

Note that I do not have/etc/debian_releaseanymore . Did you leave some Debian repositories in your/etc/apt/sources.list?

I don't have debian repository in my/etc/apt/sources.list*

I read the lsb_release code (and the python module code) to found where the information is found. I discovered I have a/etc/lsb-release:

DISTRIB_ID=Debian
DISTRIB_RELEASE=7
DISTRIB_CODENAME=
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION=

mydpkgdon't know where it comes. I renamed it, now it seems fixed. alsb_release -areturns a clean :

No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Devuan
Description:    Devuan GNU/Linux 1.0 (jessie)
Release:        1.0
Codename:       jessie

Now my issue is fixed but ...

I also still have a/etc/debian_release

$ cat /etc/debian_version 
7.11

I played a little with him...

# dpkg -S /etc/debian_version 
base-files: /etc/debian_version

# rm /etc/debian_version 

# apt-get install --reinstall base-files
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Preparing to unpack .../base-files_8+devuan7_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking base-files (8+devuan7) over (8+devuan7) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.0.2-5) ...
Setting up base-files (8+devuan7) ...

# ls /etc/deb*
debconf.conf    debsums-ignore  

# dpkg -S /etc/debian_version 
dpkg-query: no path found matching pattern /etc/debian_version

# echo 7.11 > /etc/debian_version 

# dpkg -S /etc/debian_version 
dpkg-query: no path found matching pattern /etc/debian_version

# rm /etc/debian_version 

I don't understand why the /etc/debian_version seems coming from base-files (8+devuan7) and not after the reinstall of the same packet.

Hi @letmechangemyusername

Because base-files_8+devuan7_amd64.deb doesn't include /etc/debian_version. You can check this (i.e. for amd64):

dpkg -c /var/cache/apt/archives/base-files_8+devuan7_amd64.deb

I suppose file /etc/debian_version comes from Debian installation and has change date before migration date to Devuan - You should check it change date before remove:

stat /etc/debian_version

Maybe base-files should removes /etc/debian_version during installation to avoid confusion.

After my server...

Yesterday I upgraded my laptop from debian/wheezy to devuan/jessie.

I don't get the issue aboutlsb_release -a. The/etc/lsb-releasedoes not exists.

I also still have the/etc/debian_versionafter devuan upgrade. Yes it was created by the debian's base-files package.

Yes, maybe devuan base-files (or another cleanup tool for devuan) should remove the /etc/debian_version.

Reassigned to @nextime

Milestone changed to 1.0.0 JESSIE

Added in progress label