On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 19:48:51 +0000 abbot ale <abbot.ale@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > The checkinstall issue is that when I run checkinstall to build a deb it > goes astray when it when it tries to process > /usr/share/doc/emelfm2/docs/emelfm2.1 > I think it is compressing it to create a man page. It says it can't find > the file, and it's right, it isn't there. If I manually copy the file > from the installation directories then try again all is well. I surmise > that something goes wrong with the copying. I run checkinstall with sudo > so it isn't a simple permissions problem (and if it was it would fail on > a lot else as well). I've never seen this elsewhere, but must admit I > know nothing about the debian build stuff either. > > I do know that if you just go make, make install there isn't a problem, That file is indeed for a manpage. It normally goes into /usr/share/man/man1 or /usr/local/share/man/man1 However the "debian-unofficial" files include emelfm2.1x which is presumably an equivalent (and maybe superseded?) thing. Could be that the debian build process needs tweaking. Do any of you have any suggestions about this ? Regards Tom -- Users can unsubscribe from the list by sending email to emelfm2-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field or by logging into the web interface.