Comment 3 for bug 13143

Hi!

(In reply to comment #0)
> The current /etc/init.d/screen-cleanup script doesn't check whether SCREENDIR
> (/var/run/screen) exists, which generates a spurious error if it doesn't exist.
> (Screen works without a problem because it creates the directory later on.) This
> situation occurs when /var/run is on a tmpfs (which works with the other init
> scripts).
> A proposed patch is included.

Your patch is not sufficient, screen does _not_ work without the directory:

$ screen
Cannot make directory '/var/run/screen': Permission denied

Which is understandable since screen is only setgid utmp, and /var/run is
root:root 0750. So the patch should be modified to create the directory if it is
not present already and the directory should not be shipped in the deb any more.