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From: Dng [mailto:dng-bounces@lists.dyne.org] On Behalf Of Mike Schmitz via Dng
Sent: den 11 april 2020 19:21

> > then the set of available packages seems to be quite short, lacking things like "less".

looks ok from here:

$ egrep "^deb " /etc/apt/sources.list && grep -l "Package: less" /var/lib/apt/lists/*Packages
deb http://deb.devuan.org/merged beowulf main non-free contrib
deb http://deb.devuan.org/merged beowulf-security main non-free contrib
deb http://deb.devuan.org/merged beowulf-updates main non-free contrib
deb http://deb.devuan.org/merged beowulf-backports main non-free contrib
/var/lib/apt/lists/deb.devuan.org_merged_dists_beowulf-backports_main_binary-amd64_Packages
/var/lib/apt/lists/deb.devuan.org_merged_dists_beowulf_main_binary-amd64_Packages

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AFAICS your "less" comes from beowulf-backports.

/D