manpage of -R gives the impression that screen -R always resumes a session
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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One Hundred Papercuts |
Fix Released
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Low
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Unassigned | ||
screen |
Unknown
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Unknown
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screen (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Low
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Reading the `-R` section of the manpage of `screen` the user might think that `screen -R` always resumes the last detached session, instead it prompt which session to choose after two have been detached.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
Package: screen 4.2.1-3
Uname: Linux 4.0.1-040001-
ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Thu May 28 14:39:30 2015
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-04-02 (55 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Beta amd64 (20150326)
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_
LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: screen
SystemImageInfo:
current build number: 0
device name:
channel: daily
last update: Unknown
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
summary: |
- manpage of -R sounds like screen -R always resumes a session + manpage of -R gives the impression that screen -R always resumes a + session |
Changed in hundredpapercuts: | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
importance: | Undecided → Low |
Changed in screen (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → Low |
Thanks for the report. This is indeed an issue.
That description actually belongs to "-RR", not to "-R".
I'll update the Debian package accordingly and it will propagate to Ubuntu afterwards.