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  • Newer Debian versions use /etc/os-release instead. Commented Mar 24, 2015 at 20:14
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    @Dereckson I checked my wheezy machine, and it has both /etc/debian_version and /etc/os-release. Commented Mar 24, 2015 at 20:17
  • Tested in a Jessie chroot created with debootstrap. But indeed, a local machine also under Jessie, this time installed a more conventional way, contains a /etc/debian_version file. So the way we prepare a Debian installation could affect the available release files, that's interesting. Commented Mar 28, 2015 at 10:05
  • Debian's os-release does not include the full version number from debian_version. See unix.stackexchange.com/questions/382531 . Commented Jul 29, 2017 at 7:08