On Tue, Jun 10, 2025 at 11:55:40PM +0000, deb-bugs.r2x92@haxing.ninja wrote: > Package: checkinstall > Version: 1.6.2+git20170426.d24a630-3+b1 > > There are reports in Ubuntu of checkinstall "bricking" the system: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/checkinstall/+bug/1847582 > https://www.reddit.com/r/Ubuntu/comments/x08ex6/psa_checkinstall_can_brick_your_ubuntu_2204_system/ > > Debian has a variety of patches, but there is not a patch that I can see > for this issue. >...
>From 2012 until November 2023 Ubuntu shipped a checkinstall that disabled file system translation by default: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/checkinstall/+publishinghistory These reports seem to be related to that Ubuntu-only change? cu Adrian
