see #2788
Debian only has 1.11 as an old version, so it's unlikely we need
something older (I guess Debian doesn't reconf as much as we do though...)
The install script tasks are all handled by a hook now.
* upgrade some broken packages
* correct some broken urls/checksums
* use secure urls where possible
* use stable url for ncurses
* some whitespace fixes
Remaining md5sums either didn't download or
didn't pass checksum tests.