Problem using checkinstall for G2 svn

[Derek Atkins]

Um, why is it trying to pull in /usr/share/automake-1.9/COPYING?  That
looks like a bug in your .deb scripts.  This is not a gnucash problem.

-derek

Quoting digger vermont <dv_mlist at verizon.net>:

> Hello All,
>
> I'm trying to make a deb pkg using checkinstall.  In the end I get these
> errors:
>
> Selecting previously deselected package gnucash-svn.
> (Reading database ... 147597 files and directories currently installed.)
> Unpacking gnucash-svn (from .../gnucash-svn_r14358-1_powerpc.deb) ...
> dpkg: error
> processing /home/digger/src/SVN/gnucash/gnucash-svn_r14358-1_powerpc.deb
> (--install):
> trying to overwrite `/usr/share/automake-1.9/COPYING', which is also in
> package automake1.9
> dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> /home/digger/src/SVN/gnucash/gnucash-svn_r14358-1_powerpc.deb
>
> I get this error with the default prefix of /usr/local/ and I've now
> tried /opt with the same result.
>
> Given that I don't have this problem using checkinstall to build other
> packages, does this look like a problem with G2's installation?
>
>
> Thanks for your help,
>
> digger
>
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