Bug 5354 – checkinstall-1.5.2.ebuild

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE

[Description Paul Belt 2002-07-21 15:58:44 UTC]

Goes along with Bug #5352

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# Author:  gaarde at users dot sourceforge dot net

DESCRIPTION="CheckInstall keeps track of all files installed by a 'make install'
or equivalent, creates a Slackware, RPM, or Debian package with those files, and
adds it to the installed packages database, allowing for easy package removal or
distribution."
HOMEPAGE="http://checkinstall.izto.org/"
SRC_URI="http://checkinstall.izto.org/files/source/${P}.tgz"
DEPEND="=installwatch-0.6.3"
RDEPEND="=installwatch-0.6.3"

S=${WORKDIR}/${P}

src_compile() {
   einfo "Nothing to compile"
}

src_install () {
   dobin checkinstall makepak
   mkdir -p ${D}/usr/lib/checkinstall
   cp checkinstallrc ${D}/usr/lib/checkinstall
}


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[Comment 1 Seemant Kulleen (RETIRED) 2002-07-22 06:42:35 UTC]

just curious, what point does this serve in gentoo anyway?

[Comment 2 Paul Belt 2002-07-22 09:28:19 UTC]

I intend to modify it to use the ebuilder.pl so it can produce ebuilds.  If some
RH power-user hasn't heard of gentoo yet, and use this tool, they'll ask, "WTF
is an ebuild?"

[Comment 3 Seemant Kulleen (RETIRED) 2002-07-22 18:57:27 UTC]

I still don't get it.  Check install is, afaik, something slackware users love
using to do: ./configure; make; check install

How exactly does this fit in with gentoo?

[Comment 4 Paul Belt 2002-07-22 19:05:27 UTC]

For gentoo itself.  It doesn't really fit, except maybe having RH people being
lazy when it comes to creating ebuilds.  ./configure && checkinstall to produce
an ebuild.  More of an 'advertizing' thing than a technical thing.  Delete it if
you want to.  I care not.

[Comment 5 Seemant Kulleen (RETIRED) 2002-07-24 16:07:25 UTC]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 4600 ***