diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
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@@ -1,1441 +1,5 @@
-base-files (9.9+deb9u5) stretch; urgency=medium
+base-files (1.0) animal; urgency=medium
 
-  * Change /etc/debian_version to 9.5, for Debian 9.5 point release.
+  * Initial fork of the original Debian base-files package for Mendel.
 
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Tue, 26 Jun 2018 14:03:08 +0200
-
-base-files (9.9+deb9u4) stretch; urgency=medium
-
-  * Change /etc/debian_version to 9.4, for Debian 9.4 point release.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Sat, 24 Feb 2018 00:23:00 +0100
-
-base-files (9.9+deb9u3) stretch; urgency=medium
-
-  * Change /etc/debian_version to 9.3, for Debian 9.3 point release.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Sun, 19 Nov 2017 16:25:10 +0100
-
-base-files (9.9+deb9u2) stretch; urgency=medium
-
-  * Change /etc/debian_version to 9.2, for Debian 9.2 point release.
-
- -- Adam D. Barratt <adam@adam-barratt.org.uk>  Sat, 07 Oct 2017 13:17:53 +0100
-
-base-files (9.9+deb9u1) stable; urgency=low
-
-  * Change /etc/debian_version to 9.1, for Debian 9.1 point release.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Thu, 13 Jul 2017 15:04:04 +0200
-
-base-files (9.9) unstable; urgency=medium
-
-  * Add MPL-1.1 and MPL-2.0 to common-licenses. Closes: #849835.
-    License texts taken from https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/MPL/.
-  * Add a default /etc/update-motd.d/10-uname script to
-    recover the traditional motd behaviour. Closes: #859124.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Tue, 04 Apr 2017 18:00:30 +0200
-
-base-files (9.8) unstable; urgency=medium
-
-  * Release candidate for stretch as stable:
-  - Use "9" as version in /etc/issue and /etc/issue.net.
-    (never expected to change after stretch is released)
-  - Use 9.0 as version in /etc/debian_version.
-    (expected to change at every point release)
-  - Change PRETTY_NAME in /usr/lib/os-release, adding 9 as version number
-    and "(stretch)" as codename. Add also VERSION_ID and VERSION.
-    (never expected to change)
-  - Update README (stretch -> buster).
-  * Standards-Version: 3.9.8 (no special changes for this).
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Sun, 15 Jan 2017 23:00:02 +0100
-
-base-files (9.7) unstable; urgency=medium
-
-  * Do not care about /etc/nsswitch.conf anymore, as the file has been
-    moved to libc-bin. Closes: #827095.
-  [ Guillem Jover ]
-  * Do not use gzip compression anymore to build .deb and use the default.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Sun, 27 Nov 2016 19:29:38 +0100
-
-base-files (9.6) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * Add lintian override for /etc/os-release.
-  * Add lintian overrides for /usr/share/common-licenses.
-  * Standards-Version: 3.9.7 (no special changes for this).
-  * Switch to dh. Hopefully this should make the package easier
-    to fork. Closes: #693423.
-  * Change default /etc/profile to not warn about possibly undefined
-    variables PS1 and BASH. Closes: #776154.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Fri, 04 Mar 2016 17:33:40 +0100
-
-base-files (9.5) unstable; urgency=medium
-
-  * os-release: Drop trailing slash in SUPPORT_URL variable, as the URL
-    is not supposed to have it. Closes: #781809, #800791.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Wed, 28 Oct 2015 23:29:08 +0100
-
-base-files (9.4) unstable; urgency=medium
-
-  * Fix two install_from_default() calls in postinst that were still
-    using the old calling convention, making debootstrap to fail.
-    Thanks to Steven Shiau for the report. Closes: #795952
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Tue, 18 Aug 2015 12:06:00 +0200
-
-base-files (9.3) unstable; urgency=medium
-
-  * Change /usr/share/base-files/dot.profile (the default /root/.profile)
-    to not fail with new mesg behaviour in stretch. Closes: #794727.
-  * Add extra code in postinst so that people who never modified
-    their /root/.profile from jessie get the fixed version. This is
-    done by the update_to_current_default() function, which is now
-    more general and allows updating files not in /etc.
-  * While we are at it, modify install_from_default() function so that
-    it's called in the same simplified way as update_to_current_default().
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Mon, 17 Aug 2015 17:50:38 +0200
-
-base-files (9.2) unstable; urgency=medium
-
-  * Create md5sums in a reproducible way.
-  * Use "dpkg-parsechangelog -S Date" to get the date.
-  * Allow building with umasks other than 022, as far as
-    they make a minimum of sense. Closes: #774498.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Sun, 17 May 2015 14:44:10 +0200
-
-base-files (9.1) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * Use gzip -n to stop recording current time in gzip headers.
-  * Fix mtimes before building the binary package.
-  * The package should now build reproducibly. Closes: #774498.
-    Thanks to Jérémy Bobbio <lunar@debian.org>.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Fri, 15 May 2015 12:45:34 +0200
-
-base-files (9) unstable; urgency=medium
-
-  * Changed issue, issue.net, debian_version and os-release to read
-    "stretch/sid", and dropped VERSION and VERSION_ID from os-release.
-  * Changed HOME_URL and SUPPORT_URL is os-release from http to https,
-    as those are the preferred URLs now.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Thu, 30 Apr 2015 12:00:50 +0200
-
-base-files (8) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * Release for jessie as stable:
-  - Use "8" as version in /etc/issue and /etc/issue.net. As usual, this
-    is never expected to change once that jessie is released as Debian 8.
-  - Use 8.0 as version in /etc/debian_version. As usual, this is expected
-    to change at every point release.
-  - Changed PRETTY_NAME in /usr/lib/os-release, adding 8 as version number
-    and "(jessie)" as codename. Added also VERSION_ID and VERSION.
-    This file, /usr/lib/os-release, is not expected to change either.
-  - Updated README (jessie -> stretch).
-  * Packages are not expected to rely on the contents of any of these
-    files, but if they do, they might better break now while we can still
-    fix them.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Sun, 30 Nov 2014 13:36:12 +0100
-
-base-files (7.10) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * Dropped "chown root:root" lines in postinst, as they are
-    completely redundant. The postinst script is run by root.
-    This might also help as a workaround for Bug#766459.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Mon, 27 Oct 2014 13:35:32 +0100
-
-base-files (7.9) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * The change introduced in version 7.7 regarding /mnt seems to break
-    the ability of debootstrap currently in wheezy to create a sid chroot.
-    The case of initial install of /mnt is already handled by postinst line
-    "install_directory mnt 755 root" inside the big "if" block that
-    creates a bunch of other things, so we can restrict re-creating the /mnt
-    directory on upgrades to the case when we are really upgrading.
-    Therefore, the code is moved to the same "if" block where /etc/profile
-    and /etc/nsswitch.conf are upgraded to their new defaults when unchanged.
-    This might help as a workaround for Bug#766459.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Mon, 27 Oct 2014 12:33:22 +0100
-
-base-files (7.8) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * The /etc/profile.d mechanism may be used to override PS1 setting
-    in /etc/bash.bashrc, which is particularly nice because there is
-    no need to modify /etc/profile or /etc/bash.bashrc for that,
-    but this is no longer possible if /etc/profile.d is sourced
-    before /etc/bash.bashrc. Therefore, /etc/profile.d is sourced
-    after /etc/bash.bashrc again. Closes: #766351.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Wed, 22 Oct 2014 16:10:30 +0200
-
-base-files (7.7) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * Updated FAQ to explain that only /etc/debian_version is updated at
-    every point release, using Debian 8.x as an example, to be read by
-    users of jessie during its lifetime as stable. Closes: #621757.
-  * Changed default /etc/profile to source /etc/bash.bashrc after
-    processing profile.d stuff, not before. Closes: #698479.
-  * Drop comment lines about umask in /etc/profile, as it has been
-    there for enough time for everybody to take note.
-  * The directory /mnt is not included inside base-files.deb anymore.
-    Instead, it is created by postinst the very first time base-files
-    is installed (by debootstrap), or when upgrading from an earlier
-    base-files version. This should make the usual upgrade at every point
-    release to work even if /mnt is a stale mount point. Closes: #763405.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Tue, 21 Oct 2014 21:20:14 +0200
-
-base-files (7.6) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * By default, when the computer is booting, green and red colors are used
-    to signal that a service started successfully, or that it did not.
-    In this context, trying to use colors for something else might be
-    misleading or even confusing. For this reason, I'm dropping
-    ANSI_COLOR from /usr/lib/os-release. Closes: #758246.
-  * Clarified in the copyright file that the Artistic License currently
-    in common-licenses is actually the one coming from Perl. Closes: #764553.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Thu, 09 Oct 2014 20:27:00 +0200
-
-base-files (7.5) unstable; urgency=medium
-
-  * Made /etc/os-release symlink to be relative, as an absolute symlink
-    seems to break boot when using a dracut initrd. Thanks to Daniel Schaal
-    for the report. Closes: #755394.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Sun, 20 Jul 2014 12:10:26 +0200
-
-base-files (7.4) unstable; urgency=medium
-
-  * Updated FAQ to match current policy wording about common-licenses.
-    Thanks to Gioele Barabucci for the report. Closes: #723195.
-  * Moved /etc/os-release to /usr/lib/os-release. Put a symlink pointing to
-    the new place. Thanks to Marco d'Itri for the report. Closes: #753658.
-  * Changed BUG_REPORT_URL in os-release to https, as the BTS has moved.
-    Thanks to Martin Zobel-Helas for the report. Closes: #754455.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Sat, 19 Jul 2014 18:00:08 +0200
-
-base-files (7.3) unstable; urgency=medium
-
-  * Added gshadow entry to default /etc/nsswitch.conf. Closes: #699090.
-  * Update /etc/nsswitch.conf if not modified by the user. Closes: #716786.
-  * Added nsswitch.conf.md5sums which works exactly like profile.md5sums.
-  * Changed debian/check-etc-profile-md5sum to debian/check-md5sum-etc.
-    This is now used twice in debian/rules, for profile and nsswitch.conf.
-  * Build package with -Zgzip to ease bootstrapping. Closes: #740278.
-  * Reformat paragraph in previous changelog to avoid too long lines.
-  * Added build-arch and build-indep targets to debian/rules.
-  * Standards-Version: 3.9.5 (no special changes for this).
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Sun, 04 May 2014 14:39:06 +0200
-
-base-files (7.2) unstable; urgency=medium
-
-  * Changed issue, issue.net, debian_version and os-release to read
-    "jessie/sid", and dropped VERSION and VERSION_ID from os-release.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Sun, 05 May 2013 18:19:00 +0200
-
-base-files (7.1) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * Added Multi-Arch: foreign. This is needed even if base-files is
-    "Essential: yes" because there are quite a number of packages
-    having versioned dependencies on it. Closes: #695863.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Fri, 14 Dec 2012 13:55:36 +0100
-
-base-files (7.0) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * Oops. Even if the Breaks on sendfile does not help APT to decide about
-    the configuration order, removing the breaks is wrong, because then it is
-    possible to upgrade base-files and not sendfile, which would effectively
-    break sendfile. Readded Breaks on sendfile.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Wed, 12 Dec 2012 13:05:12 +0100
-
-base-files (7) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * Added 89126d8bba3325594e1539bcc97847f3 to the list of /etc/profile
-    md5sums which are ok to be replaced by the current default version to
-    help sendfile to fix its /etc/profile modification bug in a single
-    upgrade (instead of waiting for the next point release). Closes: #689835.
-    Drop "unmodified" word in postinst, as it may not always be true.
-  * Dropped versioned Breaks on sendfile, as it had no effect.
-  * Changed debian_version, issue, issue.net and os-release to read "7.0".
-    Added also "(wheezy)" in VERSION and PRETTY_NAME.
-  * Added VERSION and VERSION_ID to /etc/os-release, for release as stable.
-    Please remember: Applications should not rely on these fields to be set.
-  * Updated README (wheezy -> jessie).
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Wed, 12 Dec 2012 12:55:00 +0100
-
-base-files (6.12) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * Added HOME_URL, SUPPORT_URL and BUG_REPORT_URL to /etc/os-release.
-    Reported by Raphaël Hertzog. Closes: #681480.
-  * Added Breaks: sendfile (<< version in squeeze) to help sendfile bug
-    regarding improper modification of /etc/profile to be fixed faster.
-    Reported by Andreas Beckmann. Closes: #689835.
-  * Make /var/run and /var/lock absolute again.
-    Reported by Roger Leigh. Closes: #690345.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Sat, 27 Oct 2012 17:41:00 +0200
-
-base-files (6.11) unstable; urgency=medium
-
-  * Create /etc/motd instead of /etc/motd.tail, with same default contents,
-    as initscripts is now using /etc/motd again as a real file.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Sun, 17 Jun 2012 14:14:44 +0200
-
-base-files (6.10) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * Record md5sums of unmodified /etc/profile versions so that we can
-    upgrade it automatically, as it's done in Ubuntu.
-  * In the initial install, create /etc/motd.tail instead of /etc/motd,
-    as /etc/motd is converted to a symlink by initscripts and /etc/motd.tail
-    is since a long time the master copy to which the output of uname is added.
-    Remove postinst code which tries to update /etc/motd, as it does no longer
-    work and the file has not changed in a lot of time. Will add code to
-    update /etc/motd.tail based on md5sum if it ever changes in a future.
-  * Implement proposed transition plan for group staff in /usr/local.
-    The file /etc/staff-group-for-usr-local is now created on upgrades
-    from releases before 6.10 and (for now) also on initial install.
-  * Removed reference to /etc/nsswitch.conf in extended description, as
-    the file is being moved to libc-bin.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Sat, 09 Jun 2012 17:41:30 +0200
-
-base-files (6.9) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * We can't make /etc/profile a conffile without triggering a piuparts
-    check which is considered to be serious. Sorry, /etc/profile
-    will be handled as before for now. Closes: #673767.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Mon, 21 May 2012 15:12:06 +0200
-
-base-files (6.8) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * Added /etc/os-release. Closes: #659853. Note: for stable releases
-    this file will look like it's suggested in the bug report above.
-    Also, like /etc/debian_version, this file should only be considered
-    meaningful for stable releases, which testing and unstable are not.
-  * By popular demand, make /etc/profile a conffile. Closes: #668871.
-  * Added /sys for all systems but the Hurd. Closes: #670091.
-  * Added /proc for the Hurd, as it's already being used.
-  * Added a lintian override for /root being 700.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Thu, 17 May 2012 00:08:42 +0200
-
-base-files (6.7) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * Switch to "compat" again in default /etc/nsswitch.conf. It is not
-    obsolete and it should not go away. Closes: #651356.
-    Thanks a lot to Petter Reinholdtsen.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Sun, 04 Mar 2012 01:02:00 +0100
-
-base-files (6.6) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * Switch to "files" instead of "compat" in default /etc/nsswitch.conf.
-    That was only useful for libc5. The new default will only take
-    effect for new installs. Thanks to Roger Leigh. Closes: #651356.
-  * Reword the very first question in base-files FAQ. Closes: #622200.
-  * When migrating /var/run and /var/lock, create relative symlinks
-    instead of absolute ones. Useful for chroots. Closes: #652301.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Sat, 03 Mar 2012 16:35:22 +0100
-
-base-files (6.5) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * Modified default /etc/profile to not read /etc/bash.bashrc if bash
-    is invoked as /bin/sh. Closes: #632887.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Fri, 29 Jul 2011 21:03:02 +0200
-
-base-files (6.4) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * Added /run. Closes: #620157.
-  * On new installs:
-    - Create /run/lock (debian-installer will remove it but this will
-    ensure that it exists even on chroot environments).
-    - Symlink /var/run to /run.
-    - Symlink /var/lock to /run/lock.
-  * On upgraded systems, initscripts will handle the transition to /run.
-  * Added "Breaks: initscripts << (2.88dsf-13.3)" to ensure that initscripts
-    is upgraded first, as otherwise udev would break.
-  * Thanks a lot to Roger Leigh.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Fri, 27 May 2011 14:25:42 +0200
-
-base-files (6.3) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * Dropped /run until everything else is ready for it. In particular,
-    udev should not blindly assume that it works just because it exists.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Wed, 06 Apr 2011 20:33:02 +0200
-
-base-files (6.2) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * Added /run. Requested by Roger Leigh. Closes: #620157.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Tue, 05 Apr 2011 18:03:36 +0200
-
-base-files (6.1) unstable; urgency=medium
-
-  * Changed issue, issue.net and debian_version to read "wheezy/sid".
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Mon, 07 Feb 2011 19:24:00 +0100
-
-base-files (6.0) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * Changed issue, issue.net and debian_version to read "6.0".
-  * Updated README accordingly.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Tue, 14 Dec 2010 22:20:38 +0100
-
-base-files (5.10) unstable; urgency=medium
-
-  * Changed postinst to not reset /var/run/utmp permissions on every upgrade.
-    It is definitely not base-files business to change the permissions of
-    an already existing /var/run/utmp, as the system admin might have
-    changed them on purpose after the file was created. Closes: #601746.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Sat, 13 Nov 2010 13:01:12 +0100
-
-base-files (5.9) unstable; urgency=medium
-
-  * Changed /etc/profile so that it defines PATH again. Closes: #571086.
-    We will have plenty of time to discuss about this after the release
-    of squeeze, but for now, this is the safe thing to do.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Fri, 06 Aug 2010 19:37:40 +0200
-
-base-files (5.8) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * Added GPL version 1 from http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/Licenses/ as there
-    are a lot of packages still using it. Bug #436105.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Mon, 05 Jul 2010 19:10:54 +0200
-
-base-files (5.7) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * Drop umask setting from /etc/profile, will be handled by pam_umask.
-    Closes: #583967.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Tue, 01 Jun 2010 23:57:52 +0200
-
-base-files (5.6) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * Ordinary user accounts start at UID 1000 by default, but they also
-    end at 29999 by default. Modified default /etc/profile accordingly.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Thu, 20 May 2010 11:34:34 +0200
-
-base-files (5.5) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * Changed default /etc/profile so that the new umask of 002 is only
-    used for ordinary user accounts, which, according to policy, start
-    at uid 1000 by default.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Wed, 19 May 2010 18:57:10 +0200
-
-base-files (5.4) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * Changed umask in default /etc/profile to 002, which has a little bit
-    more sense than 022 on systems like Debian having User Private Groups.
-    As usual for /etc/profile, only new installs will have the new default,
-    so nobody will be surprised by this on upgrades. Hopefully, this change
-    will be documented in the release notes for squeeze as well, for users
-    who install squeeze from scratch. Closes: #248140, #581434.
-  * Refresh GNU licenses from http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/Licenses/, as they
-    have expanded the embedded tabs. Closes: #572245.
-  * Switch to "3.0 (native)" format.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Thu, 13 May 2010 18:35:42 +0200
-
-base-files (5.3) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * Changed default /etc/profile so that it sources /etc/profile.d/*.sh
-    as mandated by the LSB section 16.2. Closes: #545756.
-    Package maintainers: Please don't use profile.d if you can avoid it,
-    as policy says "A program must not depend on environment variables
-    to get reasonable defaults".
-  * Removed questions about profile.d from FAQ.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Fri, 09 Apr 2010 18:07:20 +0200
-
-base-files (5.2) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * Added question in FAQ to document the fact that some configuration
-    files in /etc are never updated on upgrades. Closes: #571083.
-  * Changed default /usr/src to be root:root and 755. Closes: #573701.
-    The old permissions were of little benefit, and the user can still
-    change this after installing a new system anyway.
-  * Renamed FAQ to README and added a compatibility symlink.
-  * Removed obsolete Depends on base-passwd, as version 2.0.3.4 is more
-    than 10 years old and we don't support upgrades which skip releases.
-  * Dropped preinst completely, as it was there just to support upgrades
-    from very old releases (that we don't support anymore).
-  * Removed postinst code that supports upgrades from very old releases.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Sun, 04 Apr 2010 13:22:04 +0200
-
-base-files (5.1) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * Changed default permissions for /root to 700, as many admins consider
-    it should be more private than other home directories. Closes: #514794.
-  * Changed default permissions for /var/log/btmp to 660, to be in sync
-    with permissions set by logrotate. Closes: #547407.
-  * Do not export PS1 in /root/.bashrc, as it has bash escapes and it's
-    inherited to subshells that do not have to be bash. Closes: #567733.
-  * Added debian_chroot variable to default PS1 in /root/.bashrc.
-  * Comment out PS1 in /root/.bashrc anyway, as /etc/profile and
-    /etc/bash.bashrc already care about it. Closes: #443245.
-  * Comment out umask as well, as it's already in /etc/profile.
-  * Added /usr/local/games to default PATH in /etc/profile. Closes: #487105.
-  * While we are at it, comment out everything about PATH, as /etc/login.defs
-    should already care about this.
-  * Changed default /etc/profile so that it sources /etc/bash.bashrc
-    if the shell is bash. Closes: #275622.
-  * Drop \u part from default PS1 in /etc/profile, as it's only useful
-    for people with several non-root accounts. Most people are either root
-    or an ordinary user, so $ and # are enough to differentiate between them.
-  * Comment out PS1 setting in /etc/profile anyway, as we have bash.bashrc.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Sun, 31 Jan 2010 13:16:14 +0100
-
-base-files (5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * Drop README.base, remove-base, and the lines in postinst which checked
-    for the old base package being present.
-  * Do not fiddle with /etc/adjtime anymore, as it does not belong here.
-  * Added file /etc/dpkg/origins/debian from dpkg package, for the benefit
-    of Debian-derived distributions, as base-files is trivial to fork.
-    Hopefully, this will be one less reason to fork dpkg. Closes: #487437.
-  * Added dpkg (<= 1.15.0) to Replaces, because of the above.
-  * On initial install and also on upgrades, create /etc/dpkg/origins/default
-    as a symlink to /etc/dpkg/origins/debian, if it does not exist.
-  * Updated copyright year in copyright file.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Fri, 24 Apr 2009 21:02:42 +0200
-
-base-files (5.0) unstable; urgency=medium
-
-  * Changed issue, issue.net and debian_version to read "squeeze/sid".
-  * Added GFDL-1.3 from http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl-1.3.txt as new
-    packages in unstable are starting to use it. Closes: #517196.
-  * Updated generic GFDL symlink accordingly, as it is always supposed
-    to point to the latest version.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Thu, 26 Feb 2009 17:09:38 +0100
-
-base-files (5) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * Changed issue, issue.net and debian_version to read "5.0".
-  * Changed FAQ so that users of lenny as stable will know what happens
-    when they upgrade to the new testing.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Thu, 04 Dec 2008 10:04:04 +0100
-
-base-files (4.0.6) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * Changed the way wtmp, btmp and lastlog are handled. They are no longer
-    recreated at every base-files upgrade. Instead, they are only created
-    once, when base-files is installed by debootstrap. It is really not
-    base-files business to fiddle with those files, as it is documented
-    that removing them is the standard way to disable logging to them.
-    Closes: #488376.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Tue, 04 Nov 2008 20:34:12 +0100
-
-base-files (4.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * Changed awk from Depends to Pre-Depends. Closes: #314571, #469552.
-    This is required to make the awk virtual package to be truly essential,
-    as only essential packages, their predependencies, and the dependencies
-    of their predependencies are guaranteed to be "working at all times".
-    Previously, the packaging system was allowed to remove an awk flavour
-    and install another one in the middle of an upgrade, which may break
-    packages using awk in their preinsts (and in fact, it happened).
-    Tkanks a lot to Steve Langasek for clarifying this issue.
-  * It's still soon to change /etc/debian_version. Please be patient.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Tue,  5 Aug 2008 18:06:06 +0200
-
-base-files (4.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * Added Apache-2.0 to common-licenses. Closes: #471736.
-    Retrieved from http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt.
-  * Fixed typo in README.base. Closes: #475201.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Sun, 18 May 2008 16:26:00 +0200
-
-base-files (4.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * Added md5sums. Closes: #464479.
-  * Do not create /initrd at install time anymore. Closes: #467429.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Tue, 11 Mar 2008 11:04:00 +0100
-
-base-files (4.0.2) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * Changed default /root/.profile so that it sources /root/.bashrc only
-    if the shell is bash. Closes: #364326.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Mon, 19 Nov 2007 19:04:10 +0100
-
-base-files (4.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * Added GPL-3 and LGPL-3 to common-licenses, as they are expected to
-    become common licenses. Closes: #431176. Please note that GPL and LGPL
-    will now point to GPL-3 and LGPL-3, as they are the most recent ones.
-    Packages under GPLv2 without "or any later version" must definitely
-    refer to the versioned file, not to the GPL symlink anymore.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Sun, 19 Aug 2007 19:15:30 +0200
-
-base-files (4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * Added GFDL-1.2 from ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/Licenses/COPYING.DOC-1.2
-    to common-licenses, following policy (Closes: #420599).
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Tue, 24 Apr 2007 09:39:36 +0200
-
-base-files (4.0) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * Changed issue, issue.net and debian_version to read "lenny/sid".
-  * Changed FAQ accordingly.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Tue,  3 Apr 2007 11:45:30 +0200
-
-base-files (4) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * Changed issue, issue.net and debian_version to read "4.0".
-  * Changed PATHs in default /etc/profile to not contain /usr/bin/X11,
-    as this is no longer needed by the X packages in etch (Closes: #388586).
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Sat, 28 Oct 2006 15:44:00 +0200
-
-base-files (3.1.16) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * Changed comment in default /etc/nsswitch.conf so that it refers to
-    glibc-doc-reference, not glibc-doc (Closes: #384722).
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Mon, 28 Aug 2006 18:32:42 +0200
-
-base-files (3.1.15) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * Added /usr/local/etc, required by FHS (Closes: #383493).
-    [ As usual, please note that this will only affect new installs ].
-    This directory is also allowed to be a symlink to /etc/local, but that's
-    a decision to be made by the end user after installing the system.
-  * Standards-Version: 3.7.2.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Sun, 20 Aug 2006 12:44:00 +0200
-
-base-files (3.1.14) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * Removed (obsolete) order line from default host.conf (Closes: #354115).
-  * Updated GPL-2 from ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/Licenses (Closes: #380067).
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Mon,  7 Aug 2006 19:21:54 +0200
-
-base-files (3.1.13) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * Updated LGPL-2 from ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/Licenses (Closes: #332390).
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Fri,  5 May 2006 18:08:14 +0200
-
-base-files (3.1.12) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * Changed default /usr/share/info/dir so that it does not refer to
-    documentation not available in etch/main (Closes: #362597).
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Sat, 15 Apr 2006 18:41:36 +0200
-
-base-files (3.1.11) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * The file /etc/nsswitch.conf is now created by postinst in the first
-    install (made by debootstrap), and it's no longer a conffile.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Sat,  4 Mar 2006 13:26:14 +0100
-
-base-files (3.1.10) unstable; urgency=medium
-
-  * Removed mdns item from hosts line in default /etc/nsswitch.conf, since
-    it does not make everybody happy (Bugs #348578, #348580 and #351990).
-  * Updated default /etc/adjtime to current year.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Thu,  9 Feb 2006 18:41:22 +0100
-
-base-files (3.1.9) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * The file /etc/inputrc is now handled by readline-common.
-  * Changed to section admin to match override file.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Fri, 30 Sep 2005 18:51:54 +0200
-
-base-files (3.1.8) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * Added mdns to hosts line in default /etc/nsswitch.conf to support
-    mDNS when available (Closes: #324954). Suggested by Joey Hess.
-  * Dropped %h from issue.net, as it's not supported by all telnetd
-    daemons and it's not even supported by ssh (Closes: #329682).
-    Thanks to Dave Love for the report.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Thu, 29 Sep 2005 19:40:08 +0200
-
-base-files (3.1.7) unstable; urgency=medium
-
-  * Removed trailing spaces from default inputrc (Closes: #325007).
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Thu, 25 Aug 2005 20:16:08 +0200
-
-base-files (3.1.6) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * Removed /usr/doc and /usr/info.
-  * Modified postinst to create /usr/share/info/dir, not /usr/info/dir.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Tue, 12 Jul 2005 17:29:48 +0200
-
-base-files (3.1.5) unstable; urgency=medium
-
-  * Updated GPL-2 and LGPL-2.1 from ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/Licenses again.
-    There should be no references to the old address anymore (Bug #312586).
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Wed, 22 Jun 2005 00:36:32 +0200
-
-base-files (3.1.4) unstable; urgency=medium
-
-  * Updated GPL-2 and LGPL-2.1 from ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/Licenses,
-    as FSF has moved again (Closes: #312586).
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Fri, 10 Jun 2005 20:12:06 +0200
-
-base-files (3.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * Changed issue, issue.net and debian_release to "testing/unstable".
-    Not that this is a lot useful, but at least is what people expect.
-  * Made /home to be 755 and root:root by default, since nobody finds
-    the sgid bit in such directory useful for anything.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Mon,  6 Jun 2005 19:32:20 +0200
-
-base-files (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * Changed example line in default /root/.bashrc from eval `dircolors` to
-    eval "`dircolors`" as the old form may be dangerous (Closes: #285836).
-    Thanks a lot to Paul Eggert for the report.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Wed, 15 Dec 2004 23:51:58 +0100
-
-base-files (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * The file /etc/profile is not a conffile anymore. Instead, it is created
-    by postinst in the very first base-files install, made by debootstrap.
-  * Accordingly, removed bash from Replaces field.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Tue, 14 Dec 2004 19:06:00 +0100
-
-base-files (3.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * Moved PATH definition for root from the default /root/.profile to the
-    default /etc/profile, by popular demand (Closes: #278865).
-  * The file /etc/inputrc is now created by postinst in the first install.
-    Removed libreadline incarnations from Replaces field accordingly.
-    This file will probably be managed by libreadline-common some day.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Wed, 10 Nov 2004 17:32:00 +0100
-
-base-files (3.1) unstable; urgency=high
-
-  * Changed issue, issue.net and debian_version to read "3.1".
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Mon, 26 Jul 2004 20:25:32 +0200
-
-base-files (3.0.16) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * Changed -a to && in postinst (Closes #254781).
-  * Updated copyright year.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Sat, 19 Jun 2004 17:41:54 +0200
-
-base-files (3.0.15) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * FAQ: Documented the fact that some FHS "mandatory" directories are
-    only created in the initial install (Closes: #242192).
-  * Do not create /cdrom and /floppy anymore (Closes: #245188).
-  * Use "ln -sf" to create /usr/local/man symlink (Closes: #245687).
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Mon, 26 Apr 2004 19:44:44 +0200
-
-base-files (3.0.14) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * Added /var/log/btmp, following /etc/login.defs (Closes: #239587).
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Wed, 24 Mar 2004 13:40:46 +0100
-
-base-files (3.0.13) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * Added /srv, /media and /usr/local/share/man (Closes: #230909).
-  * Added /usr/local/man as a symlink to /usr/local/share/man,
-    since FHS says both directories should be "synonymous".
-  * I'm not populating /media because subdirectories are optional.
-    They only must exist "if the corresponding subsystem is installed".
-    Detecting such things is not really base-files business. I would
-    expect debian-installer to create those subdirectories instead.
-  * /cdrom and /floppy will still be created in the first install until
-    debian-installer and/or apt stop using them for new installs.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Sat, 21 Feb 2004 17:47:34 +0100
-
-base-files (3.0.12) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * Made issue and issue.net generated files, to prevent a double "GNU/"
-    prefix on GNU/K*BSD systems (Closes: #217383).
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Sun, 26 Oct 2003 21:38:44 +0100
-
-base-files (3.0.11) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * Updated /etc/inputrc (from readline maintainer). Closes: #213666.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Thu,  2 Oct 2003 16:42:58 +0200
-
-base-files (3.0.10) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * Use `:' for chown, not `.' (Closes: #204860).
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Mon, 11 Aug 2003 00:42:22 +0200
-
-base-files (3.0.9) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * Prevent OSNAME from having the GNU/ prefix twice (Closes: #200741).
-  * Updated LGPL-2.1 from ftp.gnu.org. Instead of form feeds, the old
-    version was using `^' followed by `L' (Closes: #201867).
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Mon, 21 Jul 2003 19:25:12 +0200
-
-base-files (3.0.8) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * Fixed the way /etc/motd is updated so that it still works when md5sum
-    prints a `-' after the md5sum value (Closes: #180920).
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Sat, 15 Feb 2003 14:30:04 +0100
-
-base-files (3.0.7) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * Added "Why isn't license `foo' included in common-licenses?" to the FAQ.
-    Thanks to Colin Watson for the suggestion.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Sat, 18 Jan 2003 20:32:16 +0100
-
-base-files (3.0.6) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * Changed /etc/profile so that PS1 isn't set for non-interactive shells.
-    This should make the usual way of testing for interactive shells
-    (checking for PS1) to always work (Closes: #164846).
-  * Changed /etc/motd to better reflect the truth about Debian: s/Most of//
-    and s/freely redistributable/free software/ (Closes: #169543).
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Tue, 19 Nov 2002 22:06:12 +0100
-
-base-files (3.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * Added a small FAQ. The current topics are:
-  - Why Debian does not have a profile.d directory?
-  - I upgraded to testing, why /etc/issue does not read "testing"?
-  * Standards-Version: 3.5.7 (do not create or remove doc symlinks).
-    Note: In theory, packages still creating doc symlinks are allowed
-    to blindly assume /usr/doc exists, so /usr/doc will still be part of
-    base-files for some time.
-  * Removed prerm, since it's not required anymore.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Sat, 12 Oct 2002 15:21:52 +0200
-
-base-files (3.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * /etc/profile does no longer export PS1. This should prevent
-    strange prompts to be shown when switching from bash to a shell which
-    does not understand bash escapes (Closes: #141193).
-  * Set distribution to "testing/unstable".
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Wed, 17 Jul 2002 16:01:02 +0200
-
-base-files (3.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * Fixed wrong group ownerships under GNU/Hurd. This may also happen under
-    Linux when using the `bsdgroups' mount option, but even in this case
-    it will not happen if the package is built using fakeroot.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Sat, 27 Apr 2002 14:18:44 +0200
-
-base-files (3.0.2) unstable; urgency=medium
-
-  * Made /usr/share/doc/base-files/remove-base more robust (Closes: #132969).
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Fri,  8 Feb 2002 16:36:54 +0100
-
-base-files (3.0.1) unstable; urgency=medium
-
-  * Modified postinst to use awk only on upgrades, not in the first install.
-    This should help debootstrap (Closes: #130056, #130087).
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Sun, 20 Jan 2002 14:52:34 +0100
-
-base-files (3.0.0) unstable; urgency=medium
-
-  * Restored /usr/doc since it's still required by the system according
-    to the doc transition plan.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Sat, 19 Jan 2002 13:18:12 +0100
-
-base-files (3.0) unstable; urgency=medium
-
-  * Changed issue, issue.net and debian_version to read "3.0".
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Wed, 28 Nov 2001 11:22:42 +0100
-
-base-files (2.2.15) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * Removed /usr/doc.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Sat, 24 Nov 2001 13:23:32 +0100
-
-base-files (2.2.14) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * Created /opt, /etc/opt and /var/opt in the first install.
-    They are mentioned in FHS 2.1 and required in FHS 2.2 (Closes: #118505).
-  * The copyright file now refers to GNU/Linux or GNU/Hurd as appropriate.
-  * Updated README.base and postinst to refer to /usr/share/doc.
-  * Updated default /etc/adjtime to current millenium.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Fri,  9 Nov 2001 17:02:50 +0100
-
-base-files (2.2.13) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * GPL is now a symlink to GPL-2, which is the real file.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Sun,  2 Sep 2001 13:26:34 +0200
-
-base-files (2.2.12) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * s/info readline/info rluserman/ in /etc/inputrc (Closes: #109110).
-  * Updated LGPL-2.1 from ftp.gnu.org to fix line breaks (Closes: #109319).
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Wed, 22 Aug 2001 17:29:10 +0200
-
-base-files (2.2.11) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * In the first install, populate /usr/local even if it exists.
-    Allows /usr/local to be mounted in a separate partition during the
-    install process (Closes: #107662).
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Sat,  4 Aug 2001 19:09:16 +0200
-
-base-files (2.2.10) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * Removed /var/state and /var/state/misc, added /usr/local/games.
-    Reported by Sebastian Riedel.
-  * Made /boot mode 755 and owned by root group, since no part of the system
-    seems to require special permissions here (Closes: #102080).
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Wed, 27 Jun 2001 19:45:46 +0200
-
-base-files (2.2.9) unstable; urgency=medium
-
-  * Creates /etc/motd in the initial install (now made by debootstrap).
-    Forgot to do this in 2.2.7. Reported by Matt Kraai (Closes: #101342).
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Tue, 19 Jun 2001 14:38:33 +0200
-
-base-files (2.2.8) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * Made /etc/debian_version a `conffile' (Closes: #81249). To prevent
-    unneeded dpkg prompting, this file is overwritten in the preinst
-    if upgrading from a base-files release previous to 2.2.6
-    (thanks to Joey Hess for suggesting this solution).
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Sat, 17 Mar 2001 19:33:22 +0100
-
-base-files (2.2.7) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * The file /etc/motd is no longer a conffile. Instead, it will be updated
-    if its md5sum (minus its first two lines) matches the one in a list of
-    md5sums of previous Debian releases. This will reduce dpkg prompting
-    on upgrades (Closes: #71083).
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Mon, 12 Mar 2001 20:23:06 +0100
-
-base-files (2.2.6) unstable; urgency=medium
-
-  * Use "testing/unstable" instead of "2.2" for the distribution number.
-    It seems everybody prefers to see something else other than "2.2".
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Sun, 31 Dec 2000 11:41:55 +0100
-
-base-files (2.2.5) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * Modified debian_version, issue and issue.net in /etc so that they
-    read "2.2" again, since this is the last Debian *stable* release so far.
-    Since packages in `unstable' are now automatically moved to `testing',
-    a codename in /etc/debian_version will never be "right" for everybody, so
-    the only sensible thing to do here is to wait until a new release number
-    has been officially decided (Closes: #80784).
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Sat, 30 Dec 2000 20:40:05 +0100
-
-base-files (2.2.4) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * Restored LGPL -> LGPL-2.1 symlink, which was mistakenly removed
-    in base-files_2.2.1 (Bug #75949).
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Tue,  7 Nov 2000 11:21:54 +0100
-
-base-files (2.2.3) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * Added /var/lib/misc, since it's required by FHS (Closes: Bug #74317).
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Wed, 11 Oct 2000 20:09:48 +0200
-
-base-files (2.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * Reduced verbosity, as suggested by Sean Perry (Closes: #70686).
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Wed, 27 Sep 2000 14:05:12 +0200
-
-base-files (2.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * Release for woody (debian_version, issue and issue.net).
-  * /etc/motd now refers to /usr/share/doc/*/copyright.
-  * Removed /usr/doc/copyright and /usr/man.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Thu, 20 Jul 2000 13:20:17 +0200
-
-base-files (2.2.0) frozen unstable; urgency=high
-
-  * The recipe in README.base does not work properly because dpkg
-    removes the conffiles listed in the status file (Bug #64734).
-    So, getting rid of base involves editing the status file.
-    To avoid mistakes, a shell script is now provided for that.
-    Thanks to Kevin Dalley <kevind@alacosta.org> for the report.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es>  Sat, 27 May 2000 20:27:13 +0200
-
-base-files (2.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * preinst and postinst: Do not deal with /dev/pts anymore.
-  * issue and issue.net: Removed the `frozen' word.
-  * Final release for potato (hopefully).
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es>  Mon, 24 Apr 2000 14:02:44 +0200
-
-base-files (2.1.20) frozen unstable; urgency=high
-
-  * Made /var/log mode 755 and root.root (Bug #35504).
-  * Made /cdrom and /floppy mode 755 and root.root (Bug #25847).
-  * Removed /dev/pts. It made the package impossible to upgrade when
-    using devfs with Linux 2.4. libc6 is already supposed to deal
-    with /dev/pts (Bug #61408).
-  * postinst removes base.conffiles as well (otherwise, some files
-    like /etc/motd or /root/.bash_profile may disappear).
-    Thanks a lot to Mikko Oilinki for the report.
-  * Slightly improved README.base.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es>  Tue,  4 Apr 2000 17:31:01 +0200
-
-base-files (2.1.19) frozen unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * Removed /usr/dict (Bug #60118).
-  * Minimal handling of the old base package (Bug #32888).
-  * Removed redundant directive in /etc/inputrc (Bug #59689).
-  * Do not reference /usr/share/doc in /etc/motd yet (Bug #61116).
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es>  Tue, 28 Mar 2000 17:51:46 +0200
-
-base-files (2.1.18) frozen unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * Handle better the /var/spool/mail-being-a-symlink case.
-  * Added /dev/pts for UNIX98-style pty handling under Linux.
-  * Added a README.FHS.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es>  Mon,  7 Feb 2000 18:29:00 +0100
-
-base-files (2.1.17) frozen unstable; urgency=high
-
-  * Some people has /var/spool/mail symlinked to somewhere else.
-    For this case, preinst now saves the symlink target before dpkg
-    removes it and postinst restores it.
-  * Do not fiddle with /usr/local on upgrades. From now on, users
-    will be free to remove it if they wish.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es>  Sat,  5 Feb 2000 20:10:17 +0100
-
-base-files (2.1.16) frozen unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * Generate default info dir file from /usr/share/base-files/info.dir.
-  * Do not generate an info dir file if one exists at /usr/share/info.
-  * Updated LGPL version 2 from ftp.gnu.org to fix a typo.
-  * Mail spool is /var/mail as per FHS (only in new installs).
-  * Acknowledge in the copyright file that the GNU Public Licenses are
-    copyrighted by the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es>  Fri,  4 Feb 2000 14:26:21 +0100
-
-base-files (2.1.15) frozen unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * Removed misleading copyright notice in /etc/motd.
-  * Distribution set to "2.2" (adding `frozen' in issue and issue.net).
-  * Use DEB_HOST_GNU_SYSTEM for the architecture stuff wherever possible.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es>  Fri, 28 Jan 2000 14:03:25 +0100
-
-base-files (2.1.14) unstable; urgency=high
-
-  * Swap binary-arch and binary-indep targets in debian/rules, since this
-    is now Architecture: any. Thanks to Roman Hodek for the report.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es>  Wed, 22 Dec 1999 19:48:24 +0100
-
-base-files (2.1.13) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * Made "Architecture: any" for /etc/motd to be os-dependant.
-    [ A binary-all-<os> scheme would simplify this ].
-  * Exclude /proc from the .deb under GNU/Hurd (reported by Marcus Brinkmann).
-  * Added `set -e' to postinst.
-  * Standards-Version: 3.1.1 (doc symlinks).
-  * Removed obsolete README. If someone still asks about /usr/spool or
-    /var/adm then a paragraph could be added to the Debian FAQ.
-  * Follow changes suggested by Branden Robinson:
-  * Removed remaining bashisms in default /root/.profile and use
-    /usr/bin/X11 for X11 binaries.
-  * Improved package description.
-  * Removed unused bin/edit in the source.
-  * Changed root test in /etc/profile to use id -u.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es>  Tue, 21 Dec 1999 11:53:35 +0100
-
-base-files (2.1.12) unstable; urgency=high
-
-  * Fixed Replaces field (reported a zillion times).
-  * Updated /etc/profile to use '$ ' as the shell prompt for normal
-    users and '# ' for the superuser if $BASH is not set.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es>  Mon, 20 Dec 1999 12:56:18 +0100
-
-base-files (2.1.11) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * Include /etc/inputrc and /etc/profile from readline and bash,
-    as suggested by Matthias Klose.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es>  Fri, 17 Dec 1999 14:36:23 +0100
-
-base-files (2.1.10) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * Create /var/log/lastlog as root.utmp, mode 664.
-  * Removed Linuxisms from /etc/motd.
-  * Updated GPL from ftp.gnu.org to be Y2K-compliant.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es>  Tue, 21 Sep 1999 12:18:57 +0200
-
-base-files (2.1.9) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * Removed the advertising clause from BSD license (Bug #43347).
-    Reason: ftp://ftp.cs.berkeley.edu/ucb/4bsd/README.Impt.License.Change
-    Thanks to J.H.M. Dassen for the report.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es>  Thu, 26 Aug 1999 14:04:51 +0200
-
-base-files (2.1.8) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * Added base-passwd (>= 2.0.3.4) to the Depends field.
-  * utmp and wtmp are now root.utmp and mode 664 (Bug #41569).
-  * Updated extended description regarding the common licenses.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es>  Tue, 27 Jul 1999 14:03:23 +0200
-
-base-files (2.1.7) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * LGPL is now the Lesser Gnu Public License (Bug #40759).
-    For now, the old version is renamed to "LGPL-2".
-  * Changed compatibility symlink /usr/doc/copyright/LGPL so that it
-    points to the old version.
-  * Moved docs to /usr/share/doc/base-files.
-  * Changed default /etc/motd so that it refers both to /usr/doc/*/copyright
-    and /usr/share/doc/*/copyright.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es>  Fri, 16 Jul 1999 19:45:09 +0200
-
-base-files (2.1.6) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * preinst: Do not fiddle with /etc/issue.net anymore.
-  * Changed the way /cdrom, /floppy and /initrd are handled.
-    These directories will now be created by postinst in the initial install.
-    This is a compromise after discussing in debian-policy about Bug #35928.
-    It will save people who like them the work of creating them after
-    installing a new system, and it will save people who dislike them the
-    work of removing them every time base-files is upgraded.
-    Since these directories are only a convenience for the user, who
-    is free to use them or not, the spirit of FHS is preserved.
-  * preinst and postinst: Following the principle of least surprise,
-    added code so that existing directories are not removed when upgrading
-    this package from previous releases.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es>  Tue, 20 Apr 1999 15:39:36 +0200
-
-base-files (2.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * When /usr/local does not exist, create also /usr/local/src.
-  * Added /var/cache, /var/state and /var/state/misc.
-  * Added /usr/share/info and /usr/share/man.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es>  Wed,  7 Apr 1999 17:34:13 +0200
-
-base-files (2.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * Removed the utmpx/wtmpx stuff from postinst.
-  * Updated the Artistic License (Bug #34685).
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es>  Thu, 18 Mar 1999 17:14:51 +0100
-
-base-files (2.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * Use `nis' for the `netgroup:' entry in /etc/nsswitch.conf (Bug #33091).
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es>  Thu, 11 Mar 1999 17:50:22 +0100
-
-base-files (2.1.2) unstable; urgency=high
-
-  * Fixed a typo in postinst (Bug #34094).
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es>  Thu,  4 Mar 1999 15:57:24 +0100
-
-base-files (2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * postinst: touch /var/log/wtmpx and /var/run/utmpx to support
-    the utmpd in glibc 2.1 (reported by Joel Klecker).
-  * Replaced "Debian Linux" by just "Debian" in the default info dir file.
-  * Updated for potato.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es>  Mon,  1 Mar 1999 18:47:23 +0100
-
-base-files (2.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
-
-  * Updated copyright date in /etc/motd (Bug #32646).
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es>  Mon,  1 Feb 1999 13:40:07 +0100
-
-base-files (2.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * debian_version, issue and issue.net: `slink' replaced by `2.1'.
-  * Added /usr/share/dict, since there are already some packages
-    using it.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es>  Sun, 20 Dec 1998 17:40:56 +0100
-
-base-files (2.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * Moved common licenses to /usr/share/common-licenses.
-  * Default dotfiles for root are now installed only the first time.
-  * /usr/local and subdirectories are now created mode 2775
-    and root.staff, according to policy.
-  * Added /usr/local/share.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es>  Mon, 26 Oct 1998 19:05:04 +0100
-
-base-files (2.0.2) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * If it does not exist, now a default /root/.profile file is installed,
-    not a /root/.bash_profile file, for slightly better POSIX compliance.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es>  Wed, 14 Oct 1998 18:29:52 +0200
-
-base-files (2.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * Added (commented out) some more alias for root's default .bashrc.
-  * issue, issue.net and debian_version: updated for slink (Bug #26325).
-  * Changed the way /etc/adjtime is handled (Bug #23255).
-  * Removed usr/man/man8 from directory-list.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es>  Sun,  6 Sep 1998 16:58:50 +0200
-
-base-files (2.0) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
-
-  * Removed the "frozen" word from /etc/debian_version.
-  * Removed the use of the ROOT variable in preinst and postinst for two
-    reasons: a) It is no longer needed, since the base system is built
-    by using dpkg's --root=dir option, which works in a chrooted environment;
-    and b) Unexpected results would be obtained if user root had actually
-    defined a variable named ROOT.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es>  Sun, 24 May 1998 13:33:25 +0200
-
-base-files (1.9) frozen unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * Default prompt for root is now '\h:\w\$ '.
-  * issue and issue.net: Removed the "frozen" word.
-  * Added a README explaining the /usr/spool symlink removal.
-  * nsswitch.conf: Use "compat" instead of "db files" for passwd, group
-    and shadow (Bug #10896).
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es>  Sun, 26 Apr 1998 14:18:43 +0200
-
-base-files (1.8) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * Added /usr/share/misc.
-  * Removed /var/local/usr.
-  * Distribution set to "frozen".
-  * Moved root's default dotfiles to /usr/share/base-files.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es>  Sun, 15 Mar 1998 13:05:54 +0100
-
-base-files (1.7) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * Added "Depends: awk", so that awk is a "virtual essential package".
-  * /root/.bash_profile and /root/.bashrc are not `conffiles' anymore.
-    Instead, they are created from /root/.bash_profile.dpkg-dist and
-    /root/.bashrc.dpkg-dist if they do not exist.
-  * Default /root/.bash_profile sources /root/.bashrc.
-  * PS1 and umask are now set only once in default /root/.bashrc.
-  * Replaced /usr/bin/X11 by /usr/X11R6/bin in root's PATH.
-  * Manpage hierarchy is no longer created under /usr/local/man.
-  * Added a small comment in /etc/nsswitch.conf saying where
-    to find documentation about this file (libc6-doc package).
-  * Added some aliases for colorized `ls' commented out in .bashrc, so
-    that the user will simply have to uncomment them.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es>  Mon, 23 Feb 1998 18:42:28 +0100
-
-base-files (1.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * Removed "Depends: awk". It has not been discussed yet.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es>  Sat, 14 Feb 1998 19:16:29 +0100
-
-base-files (1.6) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * Default prompt for root is now PS1='\u@\h:\w\$ ', which may not
-    please everybody and/or generate a flame war, but at least is better
-    than nothing (previosuly it was PS1='\h\$ ').
-  * Added two blank lines to /etc/motd to keep Copyright notice from being
-    overwritten by /etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh.
-  * Removed compatibility symlinks /usr/spool, /usr/tmp, /usr/adm
-    and /var/adm. Now is when we have to see if something breaks.
-  * Removed /usr/lib/locale. Added /usr/share and /usr/include.
-  * Removed the /bin/edit script.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es>  Sat,  7 Feb 1998 13:30:46 +0100
-
-base-files (1.5) unstable; urgency=medium
-
-  * Removed "dns" from the "networks:" line in /etc/nsswitch.conf.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es>  Tue,  3 Feb 1998 21:32:52 +0100
-
-base-files (1.4) unstable; urgency=medium
-
-  * Uncompressed copyright files.
-  * debian/rules: package does no longer need to be built by root.
-    Changed `prototype' directory by an install -d `cat directories`,
-    and then set special permissions and ownerships directly.
-  * Added "Depends: awk", so that awk is a "virtual essential package".
-  * Updated GPL and LGPL. FSF's address changed some time ago to:
-    59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA.
-  * /bin/edit is now #!/bin/sh.
-  * /etc/debian_version, /etc/issue and /etc/issue.net now read
-    "2.0 (unstable)" instead of "1.3".
-  * /etc/issue now reads "GNU/Linux" (not "GNU Linux").
-  * Updated copyright year for /etc/motd.
-  * Added an extended description.
-  * Removed debstd dependency.
-  * New maintainer.
-
- -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es>  Mon,  2 Feb 1998 21:46:29 +0100
-
-base-files (1.3.5) frozen unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * Synchronization release to make sure my latest version is in 1.3 .
-    This is my last release before going on vacation, if anything
-    needs to be fixed in this package for 1.3, someone else must
-    fix it.
-
- -- Bruce Perens <bruce@pixar.com>  Wed, 30 Apr 1997 12:36:49 -0700
-
-base-files (1.3.4) frozen unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * /etc/issue had the wrong escapes.
-
- -- Bruce Perens <bruce@pixar.com>  Sun, 20 Apr 1997 22:50:21 -0700
-
-base-files (1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * Add "frozen" to the distribution.
-
- -- Bruce Perens <bruce@pixar.com>  Fri, 18 Apr 1997 22:46:18 -0700
-
-base-files (1.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * Remove /etc/issue.net -> /etc/issue symlink in the preinst if it
-    exists.
-
- -- Bruce Perens <bruce@pixar.com>  Fri, 18 Apr 1997 15:22:06 -0700
-
-base-files (1.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * Install nsswitch.cnf, required for libc 6 name service .
-
- -- Bruce Perens <bruce@pixar.com>  Fri, 18 Apr 1997 15:09:31 -0700
-
-base-files (1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * Edit for Debian 1.3
-
- -- Bruce Perens <bruce@pixar.com>  Fri, 18 Apr 1997 13:51:19 -0800
-
-base-files (1.2.4) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * Add "Provides: base", and "Requires: base-passwd, makedev".
-
- -- Bruce Perens <bruce@pixar.com>  Sun, 17 Dec 1996 10:48:41 -0800
-
-base-files (1.2.0-4) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * Symlink /var/run/wtmp -> /var/log/wtmp. Create utmp and wtmp if they
-    don't exist, but don't clobber them if they do exist.
-
- -- Bruce Perens <bruce@pixar.com>  Sun, 1 Dec 1996 10:48:41 -0800
-
-base-files (1.2.0-3) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * Wrong modes on /tmp. Set explicit umask 0 before copying files.
-
- -- Bruce Perens <bruce@pixar.com>  Tue, 26 Nov 1996 13:07:05 -0800
-
-base-files (1.2.0-2) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * Don't clobber utmp and wtmp. Take spurious "Inc." off of SPI name,
-    California corporations aren't required to say "Inc." at the end of
-    their names.
-
- -- Bruce Perens <bruce@pixar.com>  Sat, 23 Nov 1996 12:16:28 -0800
-
-base-files (1.2.0-1) unstable; urgency=low
-
-  * Initial Release.
-  * Removed devices, passwd, and group. Devices are made by the C MAKEDEV at
-    run-time. /etc/MAKEDEV is installed by the "makedev" package.
-    /etc/passwd and /etc/group are installed by the "base-passwd" package.
-
- -- Bruce Perens <bruce@pixar.com>  Thu, 14 Nov 1996 21:02:09 -0800
+ -- AIY Projects <support-aiyprojects@google.com>  Wed, 22 Aug 2018 14:18:44 -0700
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 8c6621b..b66f276 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Source: base-files
 Section: admin
 Priority: required
-Maintainer: Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>
+Maintainer: AIY Projects <support-aiyprojects@google.com>
 Standards-Version: 3.9.8
 Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9)
 
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
 Replaces: base, miscutils, dpkg (<= 1.15.0)
 Breaks: initscripts (<< 2.88dsf-13.3), sendfile (<< 2.1b.20080616-5.2~)
 Multi-Arch: foreign
-Description: Debian base system miscellaneous files
- This package contains the basic filesystem hierarchy of a Debian system, and
+Description: Mendel base system miscellaneous files
+ This package contains the basic filesystem hierarchy of a Mendel system, and
  several important miscellaneous files, such as /etc/debian_version,
  /etc/host.conf, /etc/issue, /etc/motd, /etc/profile, and others,
- and the text of several common licenses in use on Debian systems.
+ and the text of several common licenses in use on Mendel systems.
diff --git a/debian/copyright.in b/debian/copyright.in
index 1d905d5..4375d9b 100644
--- a/debian/copyright.in
+++ b/debian/copyright.in
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
-This is the Debian #OSNAME# prepackaged version of the Debian Base System
-Miscellaneous files. These files were written by Ian Murdock
-<imurdock@debian.org> and Bruce Perens <bruce@pixar.com>.
+This is the Mendel #OSNAME# prepackaged version of the Mendel Base System
+Miscellaneous files. These files were originally written by Ian Murdock
+<imurdock@debian.org> and Bruce Perens <bruce@pixar.com> for Debian.
 
 This package was first put together by Bruce Perens <Bruce@Pixar.com>,
 from his own sources.
 
+This package was further forked by the AIY Projects team
+<support-aiyprojects@google.com> for Mendel.
+
 The GNU Public Licenses in /usr/share/common-licenses were taken from
 ftp.gnu.org and are copyrighted by the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
@@ -26,3 +29,19 @@
 
 On Debian #OSNAME# systems, the complete text of the GNU General
 Public License can be found in `/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL'.
+
+
+Copyright (C) 2018 Google, Inc.
+
+This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+On Mendel #OSNAME# systems, the complete text of the GNU General
+Public License can be found in `/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL'.
diff --git a/etc/issue b/etc/issue
index 48c423c..3a289e8 100644
--- a/etc/issue
+++ b/etc/issue
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-Debian #OSNAME# 9 \n \l
+Mendel #OSNAME# (animal) \n \l
 
diff --git a/etc/issue.net b/etc/issue.net
index 0fc38cd..d5d19f1 100644
--- a/etc/issue.net
+++ b/etc/issue.net
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Debian #OSNAME# 9
+Mendel #OSNAME# (animal)
diff --git a/etc/os-release b/etc/os-release
index 0c83c2d..195355a 100644
--- a/etc/os-release
+++ b/etc/os-release
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-PRETTY_NAME="Debian #OSNAME# 9 (stretch)"
-NAME="Debian #OSNAME#"
-VERSION_ID="9"
-VERSION="9 (stretch)"
-ID=debian
-HOME_URL="https://www.debian.org/"
-SUPPORT_URL="https://www.debian.org/support"
-BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.debian.org/"
+PRETTY_NAME="Mendel #OSNAME# 1 (Animal)"
+NAME="Mendel #OSNAME#"
+VERSION_ID="1"
+VERSION="1 (animal)"
+ID=mendel
+ID_LIKE=debian
+HOME_URL="https://aiyprojects.withgoogle.com/"
+SUPPORT_URL="https://aiyprojects.withgoogle.com/"
+BUG_REPORT_URL="https://aiyprojects.withgoogle.com/"
diff --git a/origins/mendel b/origins/mendel
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f7f3dca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/origins/mendel
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Vendor: Mendel
+Vendor-URL: http://aiyprojects.withgoogle.com/
+Bugs: http://aiyprojects.withgoogle.com/
+Parent: Debian
diff --git a/share/info.dir b/share/info.dir
index 550533d..8a22b50 100644
--- a/share/info.dir
+++ b/share/info.dir
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   it.
   --- PLEASE ADD DOCUMENTATION TO THIS TREE. (See INFO topic first.) ---
 
-In Debian #OSNAME#, Info `dir' entries are added with the command
+In Mendel #OSNAME#, Info `dir' entries are added with the command
 `install-info'.  Please refer to install-info(8) for usage details.
 
 * Menu: The list of major topics begins on the next line.
diff --git a/share/motd b/share/motd
index 0120913..119e79b 100644
--- a/share/motd
+++ b/share/motd
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
-The programs included with the Debian #OSNAME# system are free software;
+The programs included with the Mendel #OSNAME# system are free software;
 the exact distribution terms for each program are described in the
 individual files in /usr/share/doc/*/copyright.
 
-Debian #OSNAME# comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent
+Mendel #OSNAME# comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent
 permitted by applicable law.