This bug was fixed in the package checkinstall - 1.6.2-4ubuntu2
--------------- checkinstall (1.6.2-4ubuntu2) zesty; urgency=medium
* 0012-fix-conffiles.patch: Fix bad pipe/redirect combo to enable conffiles generation (LP: #1304760)
-- Brian Morton <email address hidden> Tue, 13 Dec 2016 21:07:00 -0500
This bug was fixed in the package checkinstall - 1.6.2-4ubuntu2
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checkinstall (1.6.2-4ubuntu2) zesty; urgency=medium
* 0012-fix- conffiles. patch: Fix bad pipe/redirect combo
to enable conffiles generation (LP: #1304760)
-- Brian Morton <email address hidden> Tue, 13 Dec 2016 21:07:00 -0500