Package: checkinstall
Version: 1.6.2-3
Hello, I have written a cumulative patch for checkinstall 1.6.2-3.
It does some fixes and adds some new functionality to checkinstall.
Below I will describe each case.
Fix 1: checkinstall misses files from stripping.
Checkinstall does wrongly check if a file is a binary. It uses 'find
-perm' for that. However, many projects(eg. kerberos) after the 'make'
procedure DO NOT set the execute bit on the binaries. So that files are
skipped and do not get stripped. With my patch I look for the 'ELF.*not
stripped' pattern inside every file. This way I get all libraries
programs stripped.
Feature 1: Make use of regular expressions in the ---exclude flag.
This is very useful. Instead of writing by hand whatever you want to
exclude from the package one by one, you just write a sort regexp.
An example: --exclude=/lib/liba.la,/lib/libb.la,/lib/libc.la VS
--exclude=/lib/.*\.la
Feature 2: Use information from files to set the flags.
It is used for automated creation of packages in non-interactive mode.
The regular case is --requires=libc6 (= 2.14.1-1).
My case is --requires=`cat ../DEPENDENCIES`.
So I never have to write by hand in the command line. I just write on
the DEPENDENCIES file.
Support 1: Fix bad installation prefixes.
Everything is installed under odd paths. Just use the common and regular
ones.
/etc/checkinstall
/usr/share/local
/usr/bin
/usr/sbin
Support 2: Add GLIBC versions 8 to 15 in installwatch.c
That's all :)
Kostas Tamateas.
diff -ru checkinstall-1.6.2-3.orig/Makefile checkinstall-1.6.2-3/Makefile
--- checkinstall-1.6.2-3.orig/Makefile 2008-11-12 02:43:53.0 +
+++ checkinstall-1.6.2-3/Makefile 2012-04-05 08:15:40.0 +
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
# $Id: Makefile,v 1.6.2.1 2008/11/09 07:48:18 izto Exp $
# Where to install.
-PREFIX=/usr/local
+PREFIX=/usr
BINDIR=$(PREFIX)/sbin
-LCDIR=$(PREFIX)/lib/checkinstall/locale
-CONFDIR=$(PREFIX)/lib/checkinstall
+LCDIR=$(PREFIX)/share/locale
+CONFDIR=/etc/checkinstall
all:
for file in locale/checkinstall-*.po ; do \
diff -ru checkinstall-1.6.2-3.orig/checkinstall
checkinstall-1.6.2-3/checkinstall
--- checkinstall-1.6.2-3.orig/checkinstall 2012-04-05 07:42:00.0
+
+++ checkinstall-1.6.2-3/checkinstall 2012-04-05 08:51:38.0 +
@@ -530,80 +530,80 @@
;;
-A|--arch|--pkgarch)
shift
- ARCHITECTURE=`eval echo $1`
+ ARCHITECTURE=`eval echo '$1'`
;;
--umask)
shift
- CKUMASK=`eval echo $1`
+ CKUMASK=`eval echo '$1'`
;;
--pkgname)
shift
- NAME=`eval echo $1`
+ NAME=`eval echo '$1'`
;;
--pkgversion)
shift
- VERSION=`eval echo $1`
+ VERSION=`eval echo '$1'`
;;
--pkgrelease)
shift
- RELEASE=`eval echo $1`
+ RELEASE=`eval echo '$1'`
;;
--pkglicense)
shift
- LICENSE=`eval echo $1`
+ LICENSE=`eval echo '$1'`
;;
--pkggroup)
shift
# note: we use PKG_GROUP instead of GROUP since (t)csh sets GROUP.
- PKG_GROUP=`eval echo $1`
+ PKG_GROUP=`eval echo '$1'`
;;
--pkgsource)
shift
- SOURCE=`eval echo $1`
+ SOURCE=`eval echo '$1'`
;;
--pkgaltsource)
shift
- ALTSOURCE=`eval echo $1`
+ ALTSOURCE=`eval echo '$1'`
;;
--pakdir)
shift
- PAK_DIR=`eval echo $1`
+ PAK_DIR=`eval echo '$1'`
;;
--with-tar)
shift
- TAR=`eval echo $1`
+ TAR=`eval echo '$1'`
;;
--docdir)
shift
- DOC_DIR=`eval echo $1`
+ DOC_DIR=`eval echo '$1'`
;;
--provides)
shift
- PROVIDES=`eval echo $1`
+ PROVIDES=`eval echo '$1'`
;;
--conflicts)
shift
- CONFLICTS=`eval echo $1`
+ CONFLICTS=`eval echo '$1'`
;;
--replaces)
shift
- REPLACES=`eval echo $1`
+ REPLACES=`eval echo '$1'`
;;
--requires)
shift
- REQUIRES=`eval echo $1`
+ REQUIRES=`eval echo '$1'`
;;
--maintainer)
shift
- MAINTAINER=`eval echo $1`
+ MAINTAINER=`eval echo '$1'`
;;
--dpkgflags)
shift
- DPKG_FLAGS=`eval echo $1`
+ DPKG_FLAGS=`eval echo '$1'`
;;
--rpmflags)
shift
- RPM_FLAGS=`eval echo $1`
+ RPM_FLAGS=`eval echo '$1'`
;;
-t|--type)
shift
@@ -846,7 +846,7 @@
;;
--exclude)
shift
- EXCLUDE=`eval echo $1`
+ EXCLUDE=$1
;;
--include)
shift
@@ -869,7 +869,7 @@
# User
