Package: checkinstall Version: 1.6.2 and possibly many other
Checkinstall uses a bad command to generate conffiles. The result is to have a listing that might contain directories too. This will cause dpkg to fail and abort installation of a package. This bug has been reported on 2009, January 14 on this website:http://muzso.hu/2009/01/14/bug-in-checkinstall-regarding-conffiles The guy also provides a patch which I tried and fixed the problem. Here is a transcript: server:~# dpkg --admindir=/mnt/mysystem/var/lib/dpkg/ --instdir=/mnt/mysystem -i udev_175-1_i386.deb (Reading database ... 6310 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking udev (from udev_175-1_i386.deb) ... dpkg: warning: udev: conffile 'etc/udev' is not a plain file or symlink (= '/mnt/mysystem/etc/udev') dpkg: error processing /mnt/devbu/sources/core/udev/packages/udev_175-1_i386.deb (--install): error creating directory `./etc/udev': No such file or directory Errors were encountered while processing: udev_175-1_i386.deb server:~# I am using kernel 2.6.25.14, Glibc 2.14.1 and dpkg 1.16.1.2 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
