Bug#644788: Bug#649240: Upcoming upgrade issues with GNU Screen for Wheezy

2012-07-25 Thread Julien Cristau
On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 21:17:04 +0200, Julien Cristau wrote: > Did this stuff ever get fixed? screen's NEWS.Debian suggests it isn't, > which I find rather annoying. Said NEWS file also recommends > downloading and running code from a random web server as root, which > really doesn't seem appro

Bug#649240: Bug#644788: Bug#649240: Upcoming upgrade issues with GNU Screen for Wheezy

2011-12-02 Thread Axel Beckert
Hi Steve, Steve Langasek wrote: > Screen maintainers, could you please correct this lack of > compatibility with the old protocol, which causes problems for any > users trying to do distribution upgrades from inside of screen? JFTR: I just checked if reverting a few patches would help us in an e

Bug#649240: Bug#644788: Bug#649240: Upcoming upgrade issues with GNU Screen for Wheezy

2011-11-26 Thread Steve Langasek
On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 10:34:15PM +0100, Axel Beckert wrote: > > and once they've started the upgrade inside of a screen session, > > it's too late > I disagree. > > to put the package on hold > Yes, it's to late for that, but not for that: > > start the upgrade outside of screen / do anything

Bug#644788: Bug#649240: Upcoming upgrade issues with GNU Screen for Wheezy

2011-11-19 Thread Axel Beckert
Hi, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 05:24:34PM +, Justin B Rye wrote: > > > Axel Beckert wrote: > > >> Possible suggestions for the release notes: Use tmux instead of screen > > >> for the dist-upgrade. Not really a laudable note for screen, but I > > >> have currently no bette