Hi Haines, list,

Haines Brown via Dng <dng@???> writes:

> 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,

> Thanks, Olaf, but attmpts to install it failed.

It's in daedalus, not daedalus-backports. From another thread, I
gathered you are (now happily?) on excalibur which does not include
mlterm.

BTW, daedalus-backports is meant to add newer versions of packages to
daedalus, not provide packages from daedalus to excalibur but you knew
that of course. Just wanted to make sure we are on the same page.

Mlterm might eventually appear in excalibur-backports but that is very
doubtful. It was neglected long enough to disappear from excalibur
after all.

Other than that, you could try installing the package that is currently
in ceres on excalibur or use the ceres source package to build your own
binary on excalibur but I would not really recommend that.

Hope this helps,
--
Olaf Meeuwissen