I can confirm this Problem in Ubuntu Feisty checkinstall version 1.6.1 This very simple makefile-code tries to copy a dummy config file to /etc/ci_test :
install: mkdir -p /etc/ci_test cp config /etc/ci_test checkinstall fails on this makefile if not using the above mentioned workaround. Greetings Florian -- DEFECT in checkinstall: abort due to missing file or directory https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/78455 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs