On Tue, Feb 24, 2026 at 04:46:19PM +0900, Olaf Meeuwissen wrote:
>
> golinux via Dng <dng@???> writes:
>
> > On 2026-02-23 15:26, Haines Brown via Dng wrote:
> >> I've always been fond the mlterm package, but of late it has been
> >> excluded from the Devuan package repository. Anyone know why? Is
> >> its absence permanent? Is there a substitute?
> >
> > https://pkginfo.devuan.org/cgi-bin/policy-query.html
> >
> > mlterm
> > 3.9.4-3
> > http://deb.devuan.org/merged
> > ceres/main
> > amd64
> > 3.9.0-1+b1
> > http://deb.devuan.org/merged
> > daedalus/main
> > amd64
> > 3.9.0-1

So I do:

    # apt install mlterm daedalus-backports 
        Package mlterm     is not available, but is referred to by another package. 
    This may mean that the package is missing, has been 
    obsoleted, or is only available from another source 
    Error: Package 'mlterm' has no installation candidate 
    Error: Unable to locate package daedalus-backportsj

    # apt -t daedalus-backports install mlterm
        Error: The value 'daedalus-backports' is invalid for 
        APT::Default-Release as such a release is not available 
        in the sources

> > Looks like it is still around . . .

> Hope this helps,
> --
> Olaf Meeuwissen

Thanks, Olaf, but attmpts to install it failed.


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     Haines Brown