Re: misc questions: screen, version notation
On Fri, Jan 09, 1998 at 12:31:22AM -0500, Joey Hess wrote:
> G. Crimp wrote:
> > I am in an interrogative mood this evening. There are two things
> > that have often caught my eye when cruising the dselect selection
> > browser. The screen package is one. From the description it seems to
> > me to be pretty much the same thing as the virtual terminals that come
> > part and parcel with Linux. Are they the same, or do they provide
> > something the VT's don't ?
>
> Screen is useful becuase you can use it in situation where you're not at the
> console -- telnet to a remote host and run screen therem run it in your
> xterm, or from a dumb terminal.
>
> It also has additional handy features, most notable is the ability to
> "detach" the programs running under screen, and reattach to them later, from
> elsewhere.
>
> > How does one read the version numbers in the dselect window ? Eg.,
> > gsfonts 4.01-5. What does the -5 stand for ?
>
> It's the debian version number.
Note that when the "upstream version" (i.e. 4.01) increases, then the debian
version starts from 1 again.
(just for completeness)
If a non-maintainer release is made (because the normal maintainer can't for
some reason), then the debian version is increase by 0.1 rather than 1.
Adrian
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