sysutils/screen package

[Boris Kochergin]

Chess Griffin wrote:
> Chess Griffin wrote:
>> Boris Kochergin wrote:
>>> Hi, List. I noticed that there isn't a package for sysutils/screen 
>>> for 7.0. Compiling it from ports works fine, and I looked around and 
>>> wasn't able to find logs relevant to it on 
>>> http://pointyhat.freebsd.org/errorlogs/, so I was wondering if 
>>> anyone could shed some light on why it's not available. Thanks.
>>>
>>> -Boris
>>
>> NO_PACKAGE is set in the Makefile, which also states:
>>
>> "Tends to loop using 100% CPU when used from package - perhaps it 
>> hard-codes information about the build host"
>>
>
> By the way misc/tmux is a really nice GNU Screen replacement.  It's 
> smaller, lighter, and BSD licensed.  According to the developer, there 
> is some cool stuff now in CVS (scrolling status line, interactive 
> command prompt).  I've been using it for awhile now and really enjoy it.
>
Cool. Thanks for the information.

-Boris