Package: checkinstall
Version: 1.6.2-4ubuntu1
Severity: normal
Dear Maintainer,
(I noticed this problem on Linux Mint initially, later found it on
Debian Stretch as well.)
I added `--addso=yes` to `checkinstall` and made a DEB package.
The package looks good, except for the `postinstall` script.
The script generated for my package is:
```sh
#!/bin/sh
#
# postinstall script, created by checkinstall-1.6.2
#
echo
if ! egrep "^//usr/local/lib *$" /etc/ld.so.conf &> /dev/null; then
echo "Adding "//usr/local/lib" to /etc/ld.so.conf"
echo //usr/local/lib >> /etc/ld.so.conf
fi
ldconfig
```
The shebang on line 1 requires '/bin/sh', but the redirection of both
stdout and stderr on line 6 (the `&>` syntax) is specific to bash. So
the condition after the `!` operator will always exit with an error
thus yields `false`, and the `if` condition yields true after the
negation. This results a new line appended to '/etc/ld.so.conf' every
time this package is installed, which I have to clean up periodically.
This patch fixes the problem:
```diff
--- checkinstall.orig 2018-03-15 16:00:29.997552520 +0800
+++ /usr/bin/checkinstall 2018-03-15 15:12:18.232830708 +0800
@@ -1975,7 +1975,7 @@
cat ${TMP_DIR}/libdirs | while read libdir; do
(
- echo "if ! egrep \"^/${libdir} *$\" /etc/ld.so.conf &> /dev/null; then"
+ echo "if ! egrep \"^/${libdir} *$\" /etc/ld.so.conf >/dev/null
2>&1; then"
echo " echo \"Adding \"/$libdir\" to /etc/ld.so.conf\""
echo " echo /$libdir >> /etc/ld.so.conf"
echo fi
```
-- System Information:
Debian Release: stretch/sid
APT prefers xenial-updates
APT policy: (500, 'xenial-updates'), (500, 'xenial-security'), (500,
'xenial-backports'), (500, 'xenial')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 4.13.0-37-generic (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
Versions of packages checkinstall depends on:
ii dpkg-dev 1.18.4ubuntu1.3
ii file 1:5.25-2ubuntu1
ii libc6 2.23-0ubuntu10
Versions of packages checkinstall recommends:
ii make 4.1-6
Versions of packages checkinstall suggests:
ii gettext 0.19.7-2ubuntu3
-- no debconf information
--- checkinstall.orig 2018-03-15 16:00:29.997552520 +0800
+++ /usr/bin/checkinstall 2018-03-15 15:12:18.232830708 +0800
@@ -1975,7 +1975,7 @@
cat ${TMP_DIR}/libdirs | while read libdir; do
(
- echo "if ! egrep \"^/${libdir} *$\" /etc/ld.so.conf &> /dev/null; then"
+ echo "if ! egrep \"^/${libdir} *$\" /etc/ld.so.conf >/dev/null 2>&1; then"
echo " echo \"Adding \"/$libdir\" to /etc/ld.so.conf\""
echo " echo /$libdir >> /etc/ld.so.conf"
echo fi
