Hi Barak,
Barak A. Pearlmutter wrote:
> Before proceeding with an upgrade, the kernel package checks if the
> running kernel will be removed, and if so asks the user to confirm,
> with a default of aborting the upgrade.
>
> I would suggest a similar strategy here: check if a screen process is
> running using the old incompatible executable, and if so inform the
> user and ask for confirmation, with a default of aborting the upgrade.
>
> Such a strategy would allow uploading into unstable rather than
> experimental despite this "screen 4.1.0 can't attach to a running or
> detached screen 4.0.3 session" issue.
Thanks for writing down elaborately what was lingering in my mind just
as "screen -ls && exit 1" so far!
What you described is probably the way to go if this issue is not a
bug but expected by upstream. I though yet haven't got any response
about this issue from upstream, so I'll wait a little bit more before
going into any direction.
Regards, Axel
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