Your message dated Fri, 22 May 2026 15:49:03 +0200
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and subject line Upstream wontfix
has caused the Debian Bug report #326571,
regarding screen: -x infinite loop
to be marked as done.
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326571: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=326571
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Package: screen
Version: 4.0.2-4.1
Severity: normal
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Also submitted to GNU directly:
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=detailitem&item_id=14383
screen -x enters into an infinite loop if a screen attached within a
screen attaches to the outer screen by means of screen -x.
Example:
screen -S foo
screen -S bar
screen -x foo
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1,
'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.12-voynich
Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
Versions of packages screen depends on:
ii base-passwd 3.5.10 Debian base system master
password
ii debconf 1.4.57 Debian configuration
management sy
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-22 GNU C Library: Shared
libraries an
ii libncursesw5 5.4-9 Shared libraries for terminal
hand
ii libpam0g 0.76-22 Pluggable Authentication
Modules l
ii passwd 1:4.0.3-35 change and administer
password and
screen recommends no packages.
-- debconf information:
screen/old_upgrade_prompt: false
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Upstream advises wontfix Closing.
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