How is the file list in /var/log/packages/* generated?

hollywoodb · 09-18-2004, 10:25 PM

I'm looking for a script that monitors a 'make install' or similar... installwatch isn't quite what I'm looking for.....

basically I want an easy to parse file list, like the files in /var/log/packages... I've got slack-desc & all that good stuff figured out, but I need to know how the file list in those /var/log/packages/* files is generated, or if there's an existing script or simple way to generate a file list file.

eelriver · 09-18-2004, 10:37 PM

You want "checkinstall". It does just what you described. You can find the package in the /extras directory.

hollywoodb · 09-18-2004, 10:41 PM

right, but I don't want a package created or anything of the sort.... all I want is a file containing the filesystem changes done by 'make install'.... I need a file that's more easily parsable than what installwatch gives me.... if I could get checkinstall to generate the /var/log/packages/ entry w/o the package that would be fine.

gbonvehi · 09-19-2004, 03:38 AM

" if I could get checkinstall to generate the /var/log/packages/ entry w/o the package that would be fine." Well, you can tell checkinstall to not install the package and see it yourself if that's what you want to...

hollywoodb · 09-19-2004, 09:16 AM

using checkinstall to create a package, then untarring it, moving the file containing the file list to the desired location, and then removing the package and the remaining untarred contents is not a very clean way to approach the problem.