raoul wrote:

> On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 01:15:24 +0000, mangus wrote:
>
> It turns out the problem was due to my having a number of non-standard
> package descriptions. I had compiled a lot of things from source and then
> used checkinstall to install them. Checkinstall prompts you for a package
> description, so I supplied some info that meant something to me but which
> -- I now know -- did not follow the Slackware package standard. The latest
> version of pkgtool apparently trips up on non-standard package
> descriptions. I edited the descriptions to conform to the Slackware
> standard, and now it works fine. As you say, it's much faster.
>

Can you post an example of what a "correct" description would be and what an
"incorrect" one looks like?

Al C.