Re: directory to deb

[NN_il_Confusionario <pinkof.pallus@tiscalinet.it>]

On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 03:26:37AM +0000, T o n g wrote:
> I have a second thought, since checkinstall accept any install command,
> can I do 
> 
>   checkinstall rsync -vua . /
> 
> from the directory that I prepared to create a .deb file?

if the command 

rsync -vua . /

is really what you want to do, then instead give a look to
dh_builddeb
and/or other dh_* commands

My script instead was for an _alredy installed_ package, for example 
when you as user do a 
./configure --prefix=/usr/local/NN/packagename-version/;make;make install
(where /usr/local/NN/packagename-version is a pre-existing directory owened 
by the user). Sorry for having misunderstood your problem.

Also, give a look at ckeckinstall (really, installwatch) bugs; for
example be SURE that your installation does not modify /etc/passwd or
any other (inportant) file which exists before the installation.

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