Subject: netcat-traditional: Debian Bug#1056980: netcat-traditional: upgrade to 1.10-48 fails (postinst

From: Arthur Marsh <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2023 23:55:03 +1030

Package: netcat-traditional
Version: 1.10-48
Severity: normal

Dear Maintainer,

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   * What led up to the situation?

Attempting to upgrade netcat-traditional 1.10-48 on unstable in Devuan.

   * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
     ineffective)?

Found Debian Bug#1056980 marked as wontfix.

   * What was the outcome of this action?

Frustration.

   * What outcome did you expect instead?

A working transition.

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-- System Information:
Distributor ID:	Devuan
Description:	Devuan GNU/Linux 6 (excalibur/ceres)
Release:	6
Codename:	excalibur ceres
Architecture: x86_64

Kernel: Linux 6.7.0-rc3+ (SMP w/4 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_GB
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: sysvinit (via /sbin/init)

Versions of packages netcat-traditional depends on:
ii  libc6  2.38-3

netcat-traditional recommends no packages.

netcat-traditional suggests no packages.

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