Package: checkinstall Version: 1.6.2-4 Priority: wishlist Control: tags -1 forwarded https://bugtrack.izto.org:4442/show_bug.cgi?id=55
Dear maintainer, As out-of-source build tools (e.g. cmake, meson) grow in popularity, it becomes more and more common for a build to be done in the "/build" subdirectory of a source tree. checkinstall's default of using the name of the current directory is not super useful in this case, as all my packages end up named "build". Please strip this "/build" before trying to guess the package name. i.e. I would expect the following: ~$ git clone https://github.com/CBrunsch/BinViz binviz ~$ cd binviz/gr-binviz binviz/gr-binviz$ mkdir build binviz/gr-binviz$ cd build binviz/gr-binviz/build$ cmake .. binviz/gr-binviz/build$ make -j binviz/gr-binviz/build$ sudo checkinstall ... To not default to: 2 - Name: [ build ] .. but instead: 2 - Name: [ gr-binviz ] Cheers.
