[oclug] Fwd: Bug in filesystem translation

[Dave Edwards]

Users of checkinstall on recent installations (such as my own
Mandrake-10) or bleeding-edge systems may have encountered blocking
bugs in its behaviour.  They were mysterious until now.  Here's the
info for anyone who might need it.

----- Forwarded message from Felipe Sanchez <izto ß asic-linux;com;mx> -----

Subject: Bug in filesystem translation
From: Felipe Sanchez <izto at asic-linuxr,com!mx>
To: checkinstall-list <checkinstall-list -AT- asic-linux,com,mx>
Date: Mon, 3 May 2004 23:17:25 -0500 (CDT)



 There seems to be a bug in the filesystem translation code which has been
biting people using newer versions of glibc found in most recent linux
distributions. It is being worked on. If you find weird install errors
when running checkinstall but your software installs fine without
checkinstall then you can work around the bug by disabling the fs
translation code and forcing checkinstall to install the package. Use the
--fstrans=no and --install=yes command line options:


checkinstall <options> --fstrans=no --install=yes <install_command>


----- End forwarded message -----

Dave.
-- 
Dave Edwards <dleSympaticoCa>
Freelance and Technical Writer,
With Special Interest in Open Source Software
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