That worked fine for me on sid Stephen
> On Sep 11, 2024, at 6:18 AM, Q4OS Team <i...@q4os.org> wrote: > > I tested the procedure on Debian unstable (Sid) and I can reproduce the bug. > I am still not able to build the package this way: > > $ mkdir -p /tmp/fs/usr/ ; touch /tmp/fs/usr/testfile > $ checkinstall --fstrans=yes --install=no --nodoc --pkgversion=1 > --pkgname=test cp -r /tmp/fs/* / > ..... > cp: cannot create directory '/usr': File exists > **** Installation failed. Aborting package creation. > > However the procedure works fine on Debian 11 Bullseye > > --- > >> On 9/11/24 07:57, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote: >> This is an automatic notification regarding your Bug report >> which was filed against the checkinstall package: >> >> #1077681: checkinstall: Unable to create deb package using simple "cp -r" >> command >> >> It has been closed by Stephen Gelman <ssg...@gmail.com>. >> >> Their explanation is attached below along with your original report. >> If this explanation is unsatisfactory and you have not received a >> better one in a separate message then please contact Stephen Gelman >> <ssg...@gmail.com> by >> replying to this email. >> >>
