Re: libncurses4 in stable (woody)?
On Wed, Aug 07, 2002 at 01:19:53PM -0400, Paul Smith wrote:
> Just reloaded Woody from CD (cheapbytes!) on a new system (my PC got
> refreshed so I had no choice).
>
> I have some old apps which use libncurses.so.4 which are failing, and I
> can't find any libncurses4 package in Woody... where'd it go? There are
> a number of older apps which still use it, and I don't see any serious
> bugs against it--was it omitted on purpose (why?) or was this just an
> oversight?
I think it was mostly just an oversight:
ncurses4.2 (4.2-10) unstable; urgency=low
* Re-upload for legacy programs.
- This library should not be used with priviledged programs; it has not
been audited.
* Remove libncurses4-dev package.
* Restrict architectures to those present in potato; several others are
known not to build and this package is only for legacy purposes.
-- Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@debian.org> Fri, 5 Jul 2002 10:05:36 -0400
> Anyway, what's the best way forward; I guess I should download the
> package I see is in testing now? Or would using the old potato .deb be
> a better bet?
You should be able to pick either. 4.2-10 in testing is probably a
better bet right now.
--
Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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