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[Packaging] Debian forky dropped libboost-system-dev causing apt install error #50065

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@tadeja

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Noticed debian-forky-arm64 and debian-forky-amd64 Packaging Build jobs failing with Error: Unable to locate package libboost-system-dev.
Debian forky dropped libboost-system-dev (Debian bug #1127191).
Upstream Boost removed System in version 1.89, but the library has been empty since Boost 1.69 ('Boost.System is now header-only. A stub library is still built for compatibility, but linking to it is no longer necessary.').

Last success: https://github.com/apache/arrow/actions/runs/25979968740/job/76366822034#step:12:128
First failure: https://github.com/apache/arrow/actions/runs/26011565454/job/76453128884#step:12:128

Should be safe to remove, Arrow doesn't link boost_system (PARQUET-1105, #45440).

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