On 2019-12-30 17:04, terryc wrote:
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> Err, this is the DEVUAN list and not the DEBIAN list. Your comments
> remind me of that old skit about looking for lost money "over here
> where the light is better", rather than where the money was dropped.

Much older than a "skit". Try try Nasrrudin in the 14th century:
http://www.rodneyohebsion.com/mullah-nasruddin.htm

The key story is probably his most famous. No money involved:
http://www.deepspirits.com/words-of-wisdom/sufi/sufi-story5.php