On Tue, 2008-08-12 at 18:04 -0300, martin f krafft wrote: > If a checkinstall created package somehow modifies a file (like > /etc/passwd) during the installation, then that file will be removed > when the package is deinstalled. I think that was the only real > problem with checkinstall. >
If you don't mind I quote from your own book ^^ > > checkinstall is limited in what it can do. To be precise, the > packages it creates can only install files, and checkinstall does not > care where it installs them. You can overwrite files in home > directories with checkinstall, among other things. I wonder what you recommend as the best way to install 3rd party debs (such as cedega, nero, barry)? What is a safe way to install them without risk of b0rking my system) ? If it was up to me I'd install them as a local user in my home folder just as I do with source packages and other binaries. But afaik this isn't possible. Or are there things I should pay attention to when inspecting a deb file? Are there telltale signs a deb file can cause trouble? Thanks in advance. -- Regards, Aniruddha P.S. (OT) What happened to your site? ( http://debiansystem.info/ ) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
