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@@ -24,10 +24,12 @@ shepherd for Debian, to the point that shepherd runs now on my main hosts. Below
 
 ## Installing shepherd on Debian Bookworm
 
+The following instructions are safe, they won't delete your existing init system, just renaming some binaries like /sbin/{halt,reboot,poweroff}, see below. 
+
 ### Installing guile-3.0
 
-Bookworm packages guile-3.0.8. This may work, but my tests have been done with a more recent version, 
-guile-3.0.9. For your convenience, below are the corresponding Debian packages:
+Bookworm packages guile-3.0.8. This will work, but I offer more recent version, 
+guile-3.0.9. Below are the corresponding Debian packages:
 
 amd64:
 
@@ -94,6 +96,8 @@ You install with:
 
 ### Installing shepherd-0.10.2
 
+This is the real init engine. Care has been taken with the Debian alternatives system to not clobber   your original /sbin/halt, /sbin/reboot and /sbin/poweroff by renaming them as /sbin/halt.orig-init, /sbin/reboot.orig-init and /sbin/poweroff.orig-init. 
+ 
 The packages are below:
 
 amd64:
@@ -152,34 +156,36 @@ services for shepherd. The list of packages whose daemons are currently handled
 * uuid-runtime
 * zoneminder
 * bluetooth
+* dhcpcd
+* NetworkManager
 
 This should be enough for a basic server or desktop. List of packages:
 
 amd64:
 
-[[shepherd-debian_1.4-1_amd64.deb]]
+[[shepherd-debian_1.4-2_amd64.deb]]
 
-[[shepherd-debian_1.4-1_amd64.build]]
-[[shepherd-debian_1.4-1_amd64.changes]]
-[[shepherd-debian_1.4-1_amd64.buildinfo]]
+[[shepherd-debian_1.4-2_amd64.build]]
+[[shepherd-debian_1.4-2_amd64.changes]]
+[[shepherd-debian_1.4-2_amd64.buildinfo]]
 
 armhf:
 
-[[shepherd-debian_1.4-1_armhf.deb]]
+[[shepherd-debian_1.4-2_armhf.deb]]
 
-[[shepherd-debian_1.4-1_armhf.build]]
-[[shepherd-debian_1.4-1_armhf.changes]]
-[[shepherd-debian_1.4-1_armhf.buildinfo]]
+[[shepherd-debian_1.4-2_armhf.build]]
+[[shepherd-debian_1.4-2_armhf.changes]]
+[[shepherd-debian_1.4-2_armhf.buildinfo]]
 
 Source:
 
-[[shepherd-debian_1.4-1.dsc]]
-[[shepherd-debian_1.4-1.debian.tar.xz]]
+[[shepherd-debian_1.4-2.dsc]]
+[[shepherd-debian_1.4-2.debian.tar.xz]]
 [[shepherd-debian_1.4.orig.tar.gz]]
 
 You install with:
 
-    dpkg -i shepherd-debian_1.4-1_amd64.deb
+    dpkg -i shepherd-debian_1.4-2_amd64.deb
 
 In case of errors, install the missing dependencies and retry. 
 
@@ -192,7 +198,7 @@ in package shepherd-debian for other useful information.
 
 ## Using shepherd with Mate
 
-If you use Mate, you may want to use these packages, see README.elogind.
+If you use Mate, you may want to use these packages, see in package shepherd-debian the file README.elogind and the patches: login1.patch and udisk2.patch.
 
 amd64: