[Bug 1686117] Re: upgrade from Zesty to Artful fails if done in text mode

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This bug was fixed in the package ubuntu-release-upgrader - 1:17.10.2

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ubuntu-release-upgrader (1:17.10.2) artful; urgency=medium

  [ Balint Reczey ]
  * Turn on screen's logging in screenrc instead of via command line because
    the command line syntax is changed in screen 4.5.0 (LP: #1686117)

 -- Brian Murray <brian at ubuntu.com>  Wed, 03 May 2017 09:11:48 -0700

** Changed in: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu)
       Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released

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Title:
  upgrade from Zesty to Artful fails if done in text mode

Status in screen package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in ubuntu-release-upgrader package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  I updated the meta-release-development file for Artful, tried to
  upgrade to it and got this crash:

    $ do-release-upgrade -d
  Checking for a new Ubuntu release
  Get:1 Upgrade tool signature [836 B]                                                                                                                                                                                                          
  Get:2 Upgrade tool [1,289 kB]                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
  Fetched 1,290 kB in 6s (151 kB/s)                                                                                                                                                                                                             
  authenticate 'artful.tar.gz' against 'artful.tar.gz.gpg' 
  extracting 'artful.tar.gz'
  [sudo] password for bdmurray: 
  -L: logfile name can not start with "-" symbol

  This'll need some investigation.

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