GNU Screen v.5.0.2 is released

Alex Naumov <[email protected]> Mon, 13 Jul 2026 00:22:04 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.comp.gnu.screen.devel,gmane.comp.gnu.screen.user
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Hi everyone,
I'm glad to announce the new release of GNU screen.

Screen is a full-screen window manager that multiplexes a physical terminal
between several processes, typically interactive shells.

The 5.0.2 release includes the following changes to the previous release
5.0.1:

 * Add %* escape to output caret character literal ("^")
 * Add portable PAM conversation callback prototype (for Solaris)

 * Fixes:
 - type on big-endian systems
 - UTF-8 combining sequences
 - buffer overflow in SendCmdMessage()
 - detaching fail with empty terminfo and leave the session attached
 - eliminates the TOCTOU race
 - manpage fixes

Release (official tarball) will be available soon for download:
https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/screen/
Please report any bugs or regressions.
Thanks to everyone who contributed to this release.

Cheers,
Alex

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Hi everyone,</div>I&#39;m glad to announce the new re=
lease of GNU screen.<br><div><br>
Screen is a full-screen window manager that multiplexes a physical=20
terminal between several processes, typically interactive shells.
<br><br>The 5.0.2 release includes the following changes to the previous
release 5.0.1:<br><br><div class=3D"gmail-add">=C2=A0* Add %* escape to out=
put caret character literal (&quot;^&quot;)</div><div class=3D"gmail-add">=
=C2=A0* Add portable PAM conversation callback prototype (for Solaris)</div=
><div class=3D"gmail-add"><br></div><div class=3D"gmail-add">=C2=A0* Fixes:=
</div><div class=3D"gmail-add">=C2=A0- type on big-endian systems</div><div=
 class=3D"gmail-add">=C2=A0- UTF-8 combining sequences</div><div class=3D"g=
mail-add">=C2=A0- buffer overflow in SendCmdMessage()</div><div class=3D"gm=
ail-add">=C2=A0- detaching fail with empty terminfo and leave the session a=
ttached</div><div class=3D"gmail-add">=C2=A0- eliminates the TOCTOU race</d=
iv><div class=3D"gmail-add">=C2=A0- manpage fixes</div><br><p>
Release (official tarball) will be available soon for download:
<br>
<a href=3D"https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/screen/" target=3D"_blank">https://ftp.g=
nu.org/gnu/screen/</a>
<br></p>Please report any bugs or regressions.<br>
Thanks to everyone who contributed to this release.
<br>

<br>
Cheers,
<br>
Alex
</div><br></div>

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