Public bug reported:
I was trying to use checkinstall to create a package for projectM music
visualizer which I compiled. I already made a tar.xz and was doing "sudo
checkinstall tar -C / -xJf /d/projectm-linux-x86_64-20211102.tar.xz" and
that was failing with a bunch of errors after "Installation successful":
======================== Installation successful
==========================
Copying files to the temporary directory...tar:
./usr/local/share/projectM/presets/presets_eyetune/New Creation Sensation -
AdamFx,Flexi,Amandio c n Martin - Star to Another World ft Hexocollie n Shadow
Harlequin n Geiss B.milk: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors
tar: ./usr/local/share/projectM/presets/presets_milkdrop/Rovastar -
Kalideostars (Round Round Mix).milk: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors
tar: ./usr/local/share/projectM/presets/presets_mischa_collection/A New
Definition for Milk - AdamFX - Laser Show in a Crystalstorm ft Orb n Martin
Inside the Forge of Isengard.milk: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors
tar: ./usr/local/share/projectM/presets/presets_mischa_collection/Stahlregen &
AdamFX closer to god through bacon.milk: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors
There is a lot more of this. These files indeed do not exist in the
.tar.xz or on disk once it is extracted. I tracked down a bunch of the
files, and all the corresponding files which do exist have two
consecutive spaces in the file name. Apparently checkinstall turns two
consecutive spaces into a single space, and then fails to find the file.
As a simple test, I created a .tar.gz with "/usr/local/Hello World"
(with two spaces between Hello and World) and "/usr/local/Hello World"
(with a single space). Creating a package via "sudo checkinstall tar -C
/ -xzf /d/break_checkinstall_spaces.tar.gz", only the file with a single
space gets included, though I don't see the "Cannot stat: No such file
or directory" error.
Using --fstrans=0 or --fstrans=no doesn't help.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 21.10
Package: checkinstall 1.6.2+git20170426.d24a630-2ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.13.0-22.22-generic 5.13.19
Uname: Linux 5.13.0-22-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu71
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Sat Dec 4 23:43:35 2021
SourcePackage: checkinstall
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to impish on 2021-10-02 (63 days ago)
** Affects: checkinstall (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug impish
** Attachment added: "Shows how file with two consecutive spaces isn't included"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1953239/+attachment/5545410/+files/break_checkinstall_spaces.tar.gz
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