[arch-general] ncurses 5.9_20141101 no longer available

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Sat, 15 Nov 2014 05:13:17 +0100
ProgAndy <admin at progandy.de> wrote:

> Am 15.11.2014 um 05:07 schrieb Savya:
> > On Sat, Nov 15, 2014, at 01:05 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> >> On Sat, 15 Nov 2014 04:32:14 +0100
> >> Karol Blazewicz <karol.blazewicz at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> 5.9_20141101-1
> >> This isn't the version from the official repositories.
> >>
> >> [rocketmouse at archlinux ~]$ pacman -Si ncurses
> >> Repository     : core
> >> Name           : ncurses
> >> Version        : 5.9-6
> >> [snip]
> >>
> >> Take a look what's enabled in your /etc/pacman.conf.
> > I got the same message while updating, and I'm on the kernel.org
> > mirror.
> >
> 
> The package was in testing, but it has been dropped a few days ago.
> 
> -------- Forwarded Message --------
> Subject: 	[arch-dev-public] Dropped ncurses from [testing]
> Date: 	Thu, 13 Nov 2014 21:08:31 +0100
> From: 	Jan Alexander Steffens <jan.steffens at gmail.com>
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> 
> Hi,
> 
> I dropped the ncurses prerelease version from [testing]. It had an
> annoying problem with tmux and the screen* terminfos that resulted in
> standout (reverse) being rendered as italic.
> 
> Jan

I need to correct my statement. "Testing" is an official repository
too, but after others explained more detailed what happened, I guess
it's plausible what I wanted to point out :D.