tilt! <tilt@???> writes:

[...]

> Finally I did
>

>    ~# apt-get install devuan-baseconf

>
> to have the relevant APT setup taken care automatically, but that
> package currently has a bug ([1]), and I recommend not installing it;
> because of a typo it creates a "/data" directory in root.

Oh wow ...

-----
--- a/debian/install
+++ b/debian/install
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
#data/etc/apt/preferences.d/devuan-repository /etc/apt/preferences.d/
data/etc/apt/preferences.d/avoid-systemd /etc/apt/preferences.d/
-data/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/05disable-suggests data/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/
+data/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/05disable-suggests /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/