checkinstall (was: ubuntu and mythtv)
Vincent Trouilliez
vincent.trouilliez at modulonet.fr
Fri May 20 09:54:41 UTC 2005
> "Perfect" is maybe not exactly the word to use in conjunction with
> checkinstall packages. AFAIK, checkinstall builds its packages without
> including any dependency information. So you can uninstall i.e. a
> library although the package made by checkinstall depends on it. Your
> program won't work any longer and you will have to figure out the reason
> by yourself.
> However I by myself also use checkinstall to install and particularly to
> smoothly uninstall self compiled software but you should keep in mind
> the insuccifiency of this kind of packages.
> Carsten
Ah, this is disappointing :-( Well, now I know about this problem, I
will try to keep it mind...
--
Vince
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