On 170710-14:12+0000, Miroslav Rovis wrote:
> Hi Svante and everybody!
>
> (and zap, to whom you right as second person in the email I'm replying to. zap
> might give useful advice, since he --later-- reported he successfully installed
> OpenRC)
...
> By the way, if I get into more difficulty understanding the procedure, I'll
> open a topic in Dev1Galaxy (and just link to it), not to disturb this ML with
> beginners' issues.

I've opened a topic:
OpenRC installation in Devuan Ascii
https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=1128
and yes I have (one snag left to understand, as per the second post in that topic) successfully ran:
apt-get source util-linux

And I have stumbled upon the issue, apparently with systemd. See:
( same topic as above, the third post )
https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=1128#p3236
or more shortly for skim readers:

# apt-get build-dep util-linux
Reading package lists...
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
...
Considering libselinux1-dev:amd64 0 as a solution to builddeps:util-linux:amd64 9998
Re-Instated libsepol1-dev:amd64
Re-Instated libselinux1-dev:amd64
Broken builddeps:util-linux:amd64 Depends on libsystemd-dev:amd64 < none | 232-25 @un uH >
Considering libsystemd-dev:amd64 1 as a solution to builddeps:util-linux:amd64 9998
Re-Instated libsystemd-dev:amd64
Broken builddeps:util-linux:amd64 Depends on systemd:amd64 < none @un H >
Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
...
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
builddeps:util-linux : Depends: systemd but it is not installable
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
...
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Regards!
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Miroslav Rovis
Zagreb, Croatia
https://www.CroatiaFidelis.hr