Public bug reported: This is a duplicate of https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/screen/+bug/1333630
However, 1333630 is incorrectly marked as fix released, and after a year of occationally attempting to get someone to notice that 1333630 is not fixed, I'm giving up and opening a new bug in hope of someone actually noticing. Basically, the version of screen in the 14.04 "long term support" release can occasionally segfault, taking all contained shell sessions down with it. This is extremely annoying if you use screen extensively, and having to compile screen from source on every ubuntu install I use is ridiculous. The underlying issue was a bug in GNU screen: https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?35757 This was fixed fully one year ago. However, the version of screen that's distributed as part of ubuntu is apparently **10** years old (Screen version 4.01.00devel (GNU) 2-May-06). Since 14.04 is ostensibly still supported, can someone please actually support it, and upgrade the version of screen to something from the last year? There is screen 4.2.1 in trusty/backports, but 1) this bug was not fixed until 4.3.0, and 2) this is a core shell util, I shouldn't have to go hunting for a additional repository to get a functional version of the GNU tools that's usually installed by default. Other: 1 durr@xenbox:~⟫ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS Release: 14.04 durr@xenbox:~⟫ durr@xenbox:~$ apt-cache policy screen screen: Installed: 4.1.0~20120320gitdb59704-9 Candidate: 4.1.0~20120320gitdb59704-9 Version table: 4.2.1-2~ubuntu14.04.1 0 100 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-backports/main amd64 Packages *** 4.1.0~20120320gitdb59704-9 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status ** Affects: screen (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to screen in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1562658 Title: screen caught signal 11 core dumped To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/screen/+bug/1562658/+subscriptions -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs
