CI: Pin libtinfo5 to a permanent archive URL#3389
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Use old-releases.ubuntu.com to install libtinfo5 instead of live pool mirror, to avoid breakage when jammy hits EOL or the version of libtinfo5 that CI depends disappears from the live mirror.
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Background
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install libtinfo5had been used since #2368 but it broke whenubuntu-latestwas upgraded to Ubuntu 24.04 (noble) wherelibtinfo5is not available. #2952 fixed that by switching towget+dpkg -i, but used a hardcoded URL pointing to the live pool mirror. The CI now fails becauselibtinfo5_6.3-2ubuntu0.1_arm64.debno longer exists in https://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/pool/universe/n/ncurses/ and instead it was replaced with6.3-2ubuntu0.2on July 2.Alternatives
Simply bumping the version to
0.2would fix the CI for now, but it will break again and require someone to bump the version each time. Adding a temporary jammy apt source would work until Jammy's EOL in April 2027, after which we would still need to migrate to Ubuntu snapshots or old‑releases anyway.