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Date:      Fri, 08 Jul 2016 05:52:21 -0700
From:      Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@komquats.com>
To:        Andriy Gapon <avg@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        Greg Rivers <gcr+freebsd-ports@tharned.org>, cy@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: gnu screen incompatibility?
Message-ID:  <201607081252.u68CqLap052671@slippy.cwsent.com>
In-Reply-To: Message from Andriy Gapon <avg@FreeBSD.org> of "Fri, 08 Jul 2016 10:41:42 %2B0300." <1b91ff12-f4b3-bff8-be2c-58ef378f3511@FreeBSD.org>

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In message <1b91ff12-f4b3-bff8-be2c-58ef378f3511@FreeBSD.org>, Andriy Gapon 
wri
tes:
> On 08/07/2016 09:50, Greg Rivers wrote:
> > On Friday, July 08, 2016 09:43:17 Andriy Gapon wrote:
> >> It seems that screen 4.4.0_1 can not connect to sessions started with
> >> the previous version 4.3.x.  At least that was the case for me.
> >>
> > I noticed that too, but:
> > 
> > $ pkg info -D screen
> > screen-4.4.0_1:
> > Always:
> > =============================================================
> > 
> > As of GNU Screen 4.4.0:
> > 
> > Note that there was fix to screen message structure field
> > responsible for $TERM handling, making it impossible
> > to attach to older versions.
> > 
> > =============================================================
> 
> Oh, I overlooked this...
> I checked UPDATING and there was nothing related in it.  It would be
> nice to get this kind of a message before a package is actually
> upgraded, not after, as happens with pkg.

I just added an UPDATING entry as well, though that doesn't help pkg users. 
Producing a message before the package installs would be better. Is there a 
way to produce pkg-message before install without too many gymnasitics?


-- 
Cheers,
Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com>
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