Bug#948498: libncurses-dev: Will not install

2020-01-09 Thread Joseph Van Riper
>This makes no sense to me. Clearly your package lists are out of date, but >apt thinks they are not. I don't have an explanation for that, but maybe it >helps to delete all the list files in /var/lib/apt/lists and rerun "apt >>update". Be sure to keep the auxfiles/ and partial/ directories

Bug#948498: libncurses-dev: Will not install

2020-01-09 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2020-01-09 16:46 +, Joseph Van Riper wrote: >> That is to be expected as the file is really no longer there, it has been >> superseded in the point release update. > > This makes sense to me. > >> Your package list is out of date by a few months. > > I suspected something like this. > >> W

Bug#948498: libncurses-dev: Will not install

2020-01-09 Thread Joseph Van Riper
> That is to be expected as the file is really no longer there, it has been > superseded in the point release update. This makes sense to me. > Your package list is out of date by a few months. I suspected something like this. > Well, --fix-missing is not going to help, but "apt update" should

Bug#948498: libncurses-dev: Will not install

2020-01-09 Thread Joseph Van Riper
I don't know if this additional information will help some more, but I installed this particular OS very shortly after release, then shelved it for several months until today, when I decided it would be useful for something I need. I then did the usual "sudo apt update; sudo apt upgrade" comman

Bug#948498: libncurses-dev: Will not install

2020-01-09 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2020-01-09 16:29 +, Joseph Van Riper wrote: > $ sudo apt install libncurses-dev > > [sudo] password for jvanriper: > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > Suggested packages: > ncurses-doc > The following NEW packages will be instal

Bug#948498: libncurses-dev: Will not install

2020-01-09 Thread Joseph Van Riper
Control: tags -1 + moreinfo unreproducible On 2020-01-09 09:33 -0500, Joseph Van Riper wrote: > Package: libncurses-dev > Severity: important > > Dear Maintainer, > > It is currently not possible to install libncurses-dev. Works for me, and apparently for everyone else. > I tried clearing the c

Bug#948498: libncurses-dev: Will not install

2020-01-09 Thread Sven Joachim
Control: tags -1 + moreinfo unreproducible On 2020-01-09 09:33 -0500, Joseph Van Riper wrote: > Package: libncurses-dev > Severity: important > > Dear Maintainer, > > It is currently not possible to install libncurses-dev. Works for me, and apparently for everyone else. > I tried clearing the c

Bug#948498: libncurses-dev: Will not install

2020-01-09 Thread Joseph Van Riper
Package: libncurses-dev Severity: important Dear Maintainer, It is currently not possible to install libncurses-dev. I tried clearing the cache, upgrading, dist-upgrading, and maybe some other things, but the packaging system wants to download a file named libncurses-dev_6.1+20181013-2-deb10u2_