On Friday 11 Jan 2002 19:01, Charles A Edwards wrote: > On Fri, 11 Jan 2002 18:33:19 +0000 > > Peter Ruskin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Friday 11 Jan 2002 10:10, Lenny Cartier wrote: > > > [Contrib-RPM] > > > > > > --=-=-= > > > Name : checkinstall Relocations: (not > > > relocateable) Version : 1.5.1 > > > Vendor: MandrakeSoft Release : 1mdk > > > Build Date: Fri Jan 11 10:39:43 2002 Install date: (not installed) > > > Build Host: bi.mandrakesoft.com Group : > > > > There doesn't appear to be any documentation for this package and > > `checkinstall --help` is not helpful. How are you supposed to use > > it? > > After ./configure and make instead of make install you are supposed to > be able to do checkinstall. > This will build and install the package as an rpm. > > I have not tried with the latest release but on my previous attempts I > have been unable to get it to work. > Even though it is now supposed to be included in checkinstall the > process is unable to find makeinstall. > If makeinstall is installed spreratly the process runs longer but then > still errors out and you are back to having to use make install. > > > Charles
Thanks fot that Charles - it sounds like a waste of time to me then. A pity, because the concept is good. -- Peter Ruskin, Wrexham, Wales. Registered Linux User No. 219434 ( see http://counter.li.org/ ). Mandrake Linux release 8.1 (Vitamin) for i586 Kernel 2.4.8-34.1mdk-win4lin, XFree86 4.1.0, patch level 21mdk. KDE: 2.2.2. Qt: 2.3.2. Uptime 0 hours 57 minutes. ------------------------------------------------------------------
