is this a problem with screen, pkg or portupgrade?

[Matthew Donovan]

Yup everything is good it's just the way screen does versions sometimes.

On Jul 18, 2016 8:28 AM, "Pierre Guinoiseau" <pierre at guinoiseau.eu> wrote:

> Why do you think there is a problem? 4.04.00 == 4.4.0 (and not 4.0.4),
> everything is fine, just ignore the leading zeros. ;)
>
> On 19/07/2016 00:58, tech-lists wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I saw in /usr/ports/UPDATING that special consideration needed to be
> > given to screen in order to update it from 4.0.4 to 4.4.0. So I made
> > sure I had no screens running, refreshed the ports tree (r418696),
> > checked the version I was going to upgrade (4.0.4) and ran portupgrade
> > -a. To my surprise, subsequent screen -v gave:
> >
> > Screen version 4.04.00 (GNU) 19-Jun-16
> >
> > So I thought maybe I'd mistyped something so I ran
> >
> > root at www:~ pkg delete screen
> >
> > Updating database digests format: 100%
> > Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting)
> > Deinstallation has been requested for the following 1 packages (of 0
> > packages in the universe):
> >
> > Installed packages to be REMOVED:
> >       screen-4.4.0_1
> >
> > Number of packages to be removed: 1
> >
> > Proceed with deinstalling packages? [y/N]: y
> > [1/1] Deinstalling screen-4.4.0_1...
> > [1/1] Deleting files for screen-4.4.0_1: 100%
> > root at www:~ screen -v
> > -bash: /usr/local/bin/screen: No such file or directory
> >
> > ...then ran
> >
> > root at www:~ # cd /usr/ports/sysutils/screen
> > root at www:/usr/ports/sysutils/screen # make install
> >
> > ...saw it was building
> >
> > ===>  License GPLv3 accepted by the user
> > ===>  Found saved configuration for screen-4.4.0_1
> > ===>   screen-4.4.0_1 depends on file: /usr/local/sbin/pkg - found
> > ===> Fetching all distfiles required by screen-4.4.0_1 for building
> > ===>  Extracting for screen-4.4.0_1
> > => SHA256 Checksum OK for screen-4.4.0.tar.gz.
> > ===>  Patching for screen-4.4.0_1
> > ===>  Applying extra patch
> /usr/ports/sysutils/screen/files/opt-showencoding
> > ===>  Applying FreeBSD patches for screen-4.4.0_1
> > ===>   screen-4.4.0_1 depends on executable: gmake - found
> > ===>   screen-4.4.0_1 depends on file: /usr/local/bin/ccache - found
> > ===>  Configuring for screen-4.4.0_1
> > configure: loading site script /usr/ports/Templates/config.site
> > this is screen version 4.4.0
> > checking for gcc... cc
> > checking whether the C compiler works... yes
> >
> > [snip lots of output]
> >
> > At the end I get the usual kind of message:
> >
> > ====> Compressing man pages (compress-man)
> > ===>  Installing for screen-4.4.0_1
> > ===>  Checking if screen already installed
> > ===>   Registering installation for screen-4.4.0_1
> > Installing screen-4.4.0_1...
> > =============================================================
> >
> > As of GNU Screen 4.4.0:
> >
> > Note that there was fix to screen message structure field
> > responsible for $TERM handling, making it impossible
> > to attach to older versions.
> >
> > =============================================================
> >
> > ===> SECURITY REPORT:
> >       This port has installed the following binaries which execute with
> >       increased privileges.
> > /usr/local/bin/screen
> >
> > This port has installed the following files which may act as network
> > servers and may therefore pose a remote security risk to the system.
> > /usr/local/bin/screen
> >
> > If there are vulnerabilities in these programs there may be a security
> > risk to the system. FreeBSD makes no guarantee about the security of
> > ports included in the Ports Collection. Please type 'make deinstall'
> > to deinstall the port if this is a concern.
> >
> > For more information, and contact details about the security
> > status of this software, see the following webpage:
> > http://www.gnu.org/software/screen/
> >
> > ..so I check the version again:
> >
> > root at www:~ # screen -v
> > Screen version 4.04.00 (GNU) 19-Jun-16
> > root at www:~ #
> >
> > ?????
> >
> > pkg info screen gives:
> >
> > root at www:~ # pkg info screen
> > screen-4.4.0_1
> > Name           : screen
> > Version        : 4.4.0_1
> > Installed on   : Mon Jul 18 13:11:25 2016 BST
> > Origin         : sysutils/screen
> > Architecture   : freebsd:11:x86:64
> > Prefix         : /usr/local
> > Categories     : sysutils
> > Licenses       : GPLv3
> > Maintainer     : cy at FreeBSD.org
> > WWW            : http://www.gnu.org/software/screen/
> > Comment        : Multi-screen window manager
> >
> > ?????
> >
> > thanks,
> >
>
> --
> Pierre Guinoiseau <pierre at guinoiseau.eu>
> https://segmentationfau.lt/ | +PierreGuinoiseau | @peikk00
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