On 2024-05-30 11:06, Antony Stone wrote:
> Hi.
>
> Would anyone mind explaining to me how the Devuan package repository
> works?
>

https://git.devuan.org/devuan/amprolla3

> My understanding is that it actually contains only the packages which
> have
> been forked by Devuan, and any packages which are systemd-free in
> Debian are
> simply "linked-through" in some way so that accessing the repository at
> http://deb.devuan.org/merged gives the combined Devuan (if forked) and
> Debian
> (if not forked) packages.
>

Yes.

> I assume this is the origin of the path "merged" in the URL.
>

Yes.

> How has that been done, please?
>

https://git.devuan.org/devuan/amprolla3

and also:

https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=3192 (with graphics)

The rest I pass to someone else to answer . . .

golinux