Goes along with Bug #5352 --- BEGIN CUT --- # 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 } --- END CUT ---
just curious, what point does this serve in gentoo anyway?
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?"
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?
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.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 4600 ***
