checkinstall help

meknb · 10-20-2006, 07:34 PM

Hi im trying to build a slackware package of ipw2200 modules and ieee80211 with checkinstall and keep getting errors like

pwd: cannot get current directory: Invalid argument
shell-init: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: Invalid argument
gcc: scripts/mod/modpost.o: No such file or directory
gcc: scripts/mod/file2alias.o: No such file or directory
gcc: scripts/mod/sumversion.o: No such file or directory
gcc: no input files
make[3]: *** [scripts/mod/modpost] Error 1
make[2]: *** [scripts/mod] Error 2
make[1]: *** [scripts] Error 2

These build ok with make + make install but i want to create packages with them.

Any help much appreciated

Thanks

ps running slackware 10.2.0
kernel 2.6.15.6

sn68 · 10-20-2006, 09:50 PM

Hope you are running checkinstall as root ?

meknb · 10-21-2006, 04:09 AM

yer running as root plus tried diferent versions of checkinstall same error.Checkinstall packages other apps fine but not these?? I've searched everywhere just cant find how to do it??

Hangdog42 · 10-21-2006, 08:14 AM

This may sound a little redundant, but what happens if your run make install and then checkinstall? I have occaisionally run into situations where that works.

meknb · 10-21-2006, 12:29 PM

just tried same old errors.they all install ok though

thanks any how

HappyTux · 10-21-2006, 12:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by meknb

Hi im trying to build a slackware package of ipw2200 modules and ieee80211 with checkinstall and keep getting errors like

pwd: cannot get current directory: Invalid argument
shell-init: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: Invalid argument
gcc: scripts/mod/modpost.o: No such file or directory
gcc: scripts/mod/file2alias.o: No such file or directory
gcc: scripts/mod/sumversion.o: No such file or directory
gcc: no input files
make[3]: *** [scripts/mod/modpost] Error 1
make[2]: *** [scripts/mod] Error 2
make[1]: *** [scripts] Error 2

These build ok with make + make install but i want to create packages with them.

Any help much appreciated

Thanks

ps running slackware 10.2.0
kernel 2.6.15.6

A quick search here on my Debian install says you need the kernel headers installed for your kernel.

Code:

>$ apt-file search scripts/mod/modpost.o
linux-headers-2.6.15-1-amd64-generic: usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.15-1-amd64-generic/scripts/mod/modpost.o
linux-headers-2.6.15-1-amd64-k8: usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.15-1-amd64-k8/scripts/mod/modpost.o
linux-headers-2.6.15-1-amd64-k8-smp: usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.15-1-amd64-k8-smp/scripts/mod/modpost.o
linux-headers-2.6.15-1-em64t-p4: usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.15-1-em64t-p4/scripts/mod/modpost.o
linux-headers-2.6.15-1-em64t-p4-smp: usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.15-1-em64t-p4-smp/scripts/mod/modpost.o

meknb · 10-21-2006, 03:22 PM

I got the kernel headers installed and kernel source.Make + make install work fine.After hours of searching im still no closer to figuring this out

HappyTux · 10-21-2006, 03:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by meknb

I got the kernel headers installed and kernel source.Make + make install work fine.After hours of searching im still no closer to figuring this out

Other than upgrading checkinstall to a newer version to see if that will fix it I'm out of ideas then.

Hangdog42 · 10-22-2006, 10:19 AM

I'm with HappyTux here, checkinstall is acting goofy. Is the the Slackware package of checkinstall or did you compile it yourself? Also, has checkinstall ever worked properly?

meknb · 10-22-2006, 12:27 PM

i compiled checkinstall ver 1.6.0 beta myself compiled fine no errors ?? It packages other programs no prob I'll try a slackware package i guess ?? maybe its something broken in checkinstall or my system * more likely my system *

Hangdog42 · 10-22-2006, 04:45 PM

Try the checkinstall package that comes with Slackware. I believe it is in the extras directory. I've been using that one for quite some time and it works well.