It is a well known bug from upstream, in checkinstall version 1.6.1. http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=404542
Version 1.6.0 ported from Edgy works perfectly. Since 1.6.1 is basically unusable, I'd strongly recommend to downgrade to version 1.6.0-2ubuntu1 http://packages.ubuntu.com/edgy/admin/checkinstall It would be nice if the downgrade would be made available through the official repos. -- checkinstall cannot install https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/115107 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs