Bug#863095: screen: syntax changed for -L argument, effectively an API change :/

2017-05-22 Thread Daniel Kahn Gillmor
On Tue 2017-05-23 00:43:01 +0200, Axel Beckert wrote: > Control: tag -1 + patch moreinfo > > Daniel and others who might be affected by that regression: Please > test the patch at the end of the mail if it suffices to fix your issue > with regards the API and if it doesn't cause any other

Bug#863095: screen: syntax changed for -L argument, effectively an API change :/

2017-05-22 Thread Daniel Kahn Gillmor
On Sun 2017-05-21 21:03:36 +0200, Axel Beckert wrote: > Control: forwarded -1 http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?50440 hey, thanks for finding that, Axel! > Can you check if this is fixed in screen 4.5.1-3 from Debian > Experimental? Because according to the upstream bug report >

Bug#863095: screen: syntax changed for -L argument, effectively an API change :/

2017-05-22 Thread Axel Beckert
Control: tag -1 + patch moreinfo Hi again, Daniel and others who might be affected by that regression: Please test the patch at the end of the mail if it suffices to fix your issue with regards the API and if it doesn't cause any other regressions. Axel Beckert wrote: > Axel Beckert wrote: > >

Bug#863095: screen: syntax changed for -L argument, effectively an API change :/

2017-05-22 Thread Axel Beckert
Control: found -1 4.5.0-1 Control: fixed -1 4.5.1-1 Hi Daniel, Axel Beckert wrote: > Control: tag -1 + upstream fixed-upstream confirmed > > but if you have any pre-existing code that does something like: > > > > screen -L -c foo.screenrc > > > > then it fails in 4.5.0 because it doesn't

Bug#863095: screen: syntax changed for -L argument, effectively an API change :/

2017-05-21 Thread Axel Beckert
Control: tag -1 + upstream fixed-upstream confirmed Control: forwarded -1 http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?50440 Control: severity -1 important Hi Daniel, thanks for the bug report. Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: > before screen 4.5.0, -L took no arguments. > > in 4.5.0 and later, -L takes one

Bug#863095: screen: syntax changed for -L argument, effectively an API change :/

2017-05-21 Thread Daniel Kahn Gillmor
Package: screen Version: 4.5.0-5 Severity: normal before screen 4.5.0, -L took no arguments. in 4.5.0 and later, -L takes one argument, the name of the logfile. but if you have any pre-existing code that does something like: screen -L -c foo.screenrc then it fails in 4.5.0 because it