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feature/buster FTBFS since virtualbox was removed from testing and synaptic 0.84.6 was uploaded to sid

The build system tries to install the only version that’s available & allowed by our APT pinning, i.e. currently: 5.2.12-dfsg-1 from our devel APT suite.

Our policy regarding VirtualBox support is essentially: install from sid as long as that’s possible, then when it becomes impossible, import the latest working/installable version into our custom APT repo (that’s how 5.2.12-dfsg-1 made it there in the first place), and if that doesn’t work anymore, drop the ball and stop trying to install the VirtualBox packages unless there’s a really cheap workaround.

Feature Branch: bugfix/16653-virtualbox-from-sid, https://salsa.debian.org/tails-team/tails/merge_requests/19

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Original created by @intrigeri on 16653 (Redmine)

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