Forgotten name of program

[Christopher Lees]

On Thu, 2008-02-07 at 10:08 +0000, "Mark M Lambert" <mark+linux.ubuntu at marklambert.net> wrote:
> Subject: Forgotten name of program
> Hi folks,
> 
> I've had a mental blank and forgotten the name of a program I used to
> use quite a bit. It is a command line program that makes a .deb package
> from a directory with source code.
> 
> Does anyone know what I am talking about or am I off with the fairies
> again?

I think Checkinstall is what you're after.

./configure
make
sudo checkinstall

...and everyone should use it if they're not planning on making
fully-featured Debian packages!