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Bug#1040983: RM: libncurses5-dev libncursesw5-dev libtinfo-dev -- NBS; uninstallable, superseded by libncurses-dev

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Sven Joachim

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Jul 13, 2023, 12:20:04 PM7/13/23
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Package: ftp.debian.org
Severity: normal
User: ftp.deb...@packages.debian.org
Usertags: remove
X-Debbugs-Cc: ncu...@packages.debian.org
Control: affects -1 + src:ncurses

Please remove the binary packages libncurses5-dev, libncursesw5-dev and
libtinfo-dev from unstable. They are no longer built from src:ncurses
and are not installable.

The daily cruft report[1] lists a lot of broken Depends and
Build-Depends, but they are in fact all fulfilled by libncurses-dev
which has a versioned Provides on libncurses5-dev, libncursesw5-dev and
libtinfo-dev.


1. https://ftp-master.debian.org/cruft-report-daily.txt
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