martin f krafft wrote:
> Have a look at stow?
>
Not in recent years, I think the last time was in ~ 2002.
> Also, there are checkinstall and installwatch, but be careful when
> using them as they might cause data loss. From my book:
>
> \programme{checkinstall} is limited in what it can do. To be
> precise, the packages it creates can only install files, and
> \programme{checkinstall} does not care where it installs them. You
> can overwrite files in home directories with
> \programme{checkinstall}, among other things. The generated
> packages cannot modify files. If the installation routine modifies
> existing files, they will be part of the generated package in
> their entirety. A horror scenario occurs when an installation
> routine adds a user by modification of \file{/etc/passwd}, which
> is subsequently included in the package. Installation of the
> package causes \file{/etc/passwd} to be completely replaced, and
> the deinstallation of the package removes the file, breaking the
> system in half. The generated packages also fail to register their
> configuration files with \programme{dpkg}\footnote{But see
> \link{http://bugs.debian.org/284786}!}, therefore paving the way
> for upgrades that overwrite local configuration file changes.
>
Ouch, thanks for the pointer. In the end I want to have a .deb file
which I can easily install. I'll look into stow, otherwise I'll continue
using my kludge.
Thanks!
Carsten
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