raoul wrote:

> Stuart Winter wrote:
>
>> Please can those people who have had problems with pkgtool and broken
>> packages please test the new version above, and report any problems to
>> Jim Hawkins (whose address is in the change history at the head of the
>> script). Please do *not* email Pat -- he's busy working hard at getting
>> 10.1 released :-)
>>
>> Once we're satisfied that it works, it'll go into Slackware-current
>> (post-10.1).
>
> I just sent Jim my initial test results. All seems fine with the fixed
> pkgtool, and I tried to throw some truly goofy package descriptions at it.
>
> I really wish this speed-enhanced version of pkgtool could be included in
> 10.1. It's a great improvement. On the other hand, I guess it's a good
> thing that problems surfaced prior to 10.1's release (though my problems
> with the pre-fix version went away after I standardized my package
> descriptions -- plus, I feel better about myself all around now that I'm a
> keen slacker and not a slack slacker.


BTW what version of checkinstall are you using?

cheers



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