Slackware :: Pkgtool Not Been Created With Makepkg
Jan 22, 2010
I installed a slackware package using pkgtool.
At the end of the install process I get the following warning: WARNING: Package has not been created with 'makepkg'
It appears that the package was installed if I look at the file system. I see new files/directories from the package. But, when I try to launch the new application from /usr/bin I get this error: No such file or directory
I am a normal user "su -" to root when I did the pkgtool install and when I tried to run the application from /usr/bin.
I can see the binary in /usr/bin with a directory listing with the following permissions. -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root
I see the application as installed in the pkgtool and can un-install it.
A slacky.eu user Spina, I did notice a bug in calculating the size of the package when the directory contains a space in the name. Example:
Code: /tmp/prova dir# LANG=en installpkg abook-0.6.0pre2-i686-4cf.txz /bin/du: cannot access `/tmp/prova': No such file or directory /bin/du: cannot access `dir/abook-0.6.0pre2-i686-4cf.txz': No such file or directory Verifying package abook-0.6.0pre2-i686-4cf.txz. Installing package abook-0.6.0pre2-i686-4cf.txz:
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: # abook # Abook is a text-based addressbook program designed to use with mutt # mail client. Abook runs on Linux, FreeBSD and some other UNIXes. # Home: [URL] # Package abook-0.6.0pre2-i686-4cf.txz installed.
This error is caused by 'readlink -f' COMPRESSED="$(/bin/du -sh $(readlink -f $package) | cut -f 1)" instead with Code: COMPRESSED="$(/bin/du -sh "$(readlink -f $package)" | cut -f 1)" it's ok
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