Is the package no longer maintained? If it is, it should be removed from the repo.
It is 2023, and checkinstall is still broken. Thanks, Siddh On Sat, 02 Jul 2022 02:18:35 +0000 Geoffrey Hausheer <debianbug...@pblue.org> wrote: > Package: checkinstall > Version: 1.6.2+git20170426.d24a630-2 > Followup-For: Bug #717778 > X-Debbugs-Cc: debianbug...@pblue.org > > It appears that the root of this issue may be in instw_setpathrel > Specifically, the 'stat' command that is used to get the length of a symlink > should > be 'lstat' instead. > > Here is a 1 line-patch that addressed the issue for me: > > --- a/installwatch/installwatch.c > +++ b/installwatch/installwatch.c > @@ -1691,7 +1691,7 @@ > if ( dirfd == AT_FDCWD ) return instw_setpath(instw, relpath); > > snprintf(proc_path, PROC_PATH_LEN, "/proc/self/fd/%d", dirfd); > - if(true_stat(proc_path, &s) == -1) > + if(true_lstat(proc_path, &s) == -1) > goto out; > if(!(newpath = malloc(s.st_size+strlen(relpath)+2))) > goto out; > > > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: 11.3 > APT prefers stable-updates > APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable-security'), (500, > 'stable') > Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) > > Kernel: Linux 5.10.67-zfs (SMP w/4 CPU threads) > Kernel taint flags: TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE, TAINT_OOT_MODULE, > TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE > Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash > Init: unable to detect > > Versions of packages checkinstall depends on: > ii dpkg-dev 1.20.10 > ii file 1:5.39-3 > ii libc6 2.31-13+deb11u3 > ii sensible-utils 0.0.14 > > Versions of packages checkinstall recommends: > ii make 4.3-4.1 > > Versions of packages checkinstall suggests: > ii gettext 0.21-4 > > -- Configuration Files: > /etc/checkinstallrc changed [not included] > > -- no debconf information > >
