installwatch.so has moved; somebody should tell checkinstall

[Chris Moore]

--- checkinstall.~1~ 2005-11-17 19:47:26.000000000 +0100
+++ checkinstall 2006-01-24 14:13:47.000000000 +0100
@@ -792,7 +792,7 @@
     unset INSTALLWATCH_BACKUP_PATH
 fi

-export LD_PRELOAD=${INSTALLWATCH_PREFIX}/lib/installwatch.so
+export LD_PRELOAD=${INSTALLWATCH_PREFIX}/lib/installwatch/installwatch.so

 # Run the install command, showing the results interactively if we were asked
 # to do so in the configuration section (see the SHOW_INSTALL switch above)

[Chris Moore (dooglus)]

does this web interface
+join lines which
+begin with plus signs
+onto the previous lines?

[Chris Moore (dooglus)]

no, not in comments at least, so let's try that again:

----
--- checkinstall.~1~ 2005-11-17 19:47:26.000000000 +0100
+++ checkinstall 2006-01-24 14:13:47.000000000 +0100
@@ -792,7 +792,7 @@
     unset INSTALLWATCH_BACKUP_PATH
 fi

-export LD_PRELOAD=${INSTALLWATCH_PREFIX}/lib/installwatch.so
+export LD_PRELOAD=${INSTALLWATCH_PREFIX}/lib/installwatch/installwatch.so

 # Run the install command, showing the results interactively if we were asked
 # to do so in the configuration section (see the SHOW_INSTALL switch above)
----

That's what I pasted before. Will it be mangled again?

[Chris Moore (dooglus)]

Anyway, what I was trying to say was that the line in /usr/bin/checkinstall that says:

  export LD_PRELOAD=${INSTALLWATCH_PREFIX}/lib/installwatch.so

should be fixed to say:

  export LD_PRELOAD=${INSTALLWATCH_PREFIX}/lib/installwatch/installwatch.so

because that's where the checkinstall package now puts the installwatch.so file.

[nszabolcs (nszabolcs)]

i have the same problem
sudo checkinstall gives:
ERROR: ld.so: object '/usr/lib/installwatch.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded: ignored.

installwatch is under '/usr/lib/installwatch/installwatch.so'

now checkinstall is unusable. its very annoying

[Chris Moore (dooglus)]

You can easily fix this for yourself - "sudo gedit /usr/bin/installwatch" and edit line 15 to say LIBDIR=$PREFIX/lib/installwatch.

Then you'll hopefully find and confirm the more serious bug #6567.

[Danilo Piazzalunga (danilopiazza)]

The attachment contains the patch already mentioned in the comments.

[Steve Kowalik (stevenk)]

Patch applied and uploaded.