Bug#706575: release-notes: Update for Upgrading -> Special care for specific packages -> Screen
Package: release-notes
Severity: minor
Tags: patch wheezy
Hi,
here's an update for the release notes, which is a follow-up on #649240.
$ svn diff
Index: upgrading.dbk
===================================================================
--- upgrading.dbk (revision 9890)
+++ upgrading.dbk (working copy)
@@ -1203,6 +1203,13 @@
the screen session adjusted properly.
</para>
<para>
+Some ncurses-based applications, e.g. <command>aptitude</command> in
+visual mode, may leave traces of previous contents on the screen.
+Pressing
+<keycombo action='simul'><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>L</keycap></keycombo>
+solves the issue.
+</para>
+<para>
Another (harmless) symptom of such an inter-version connection is
<command>screen</command> issuing messages like "Message 40 of 12376
bytes too small".
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 7.0
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (900, 'testing'), (899, 'testing-proposed-updates'), (200, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 3.8-trunk-686-pae (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
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