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 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Debian Linux - www.debian.org http://www.poboxes.com/adrian.bridgett | Because bloated, unstable PGP key available on public key servers | operating systems are from MS -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
