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FS#43492 - [xpad] 4.5.0-1 incorrectly installs something in /build
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Opened by Hector A Escobedo (hectorae) - Sunday, 18 January 2015, 03:44 GMT
Last edited by Sergej Pupykin (sergej) - Monday, 19 January 2015, 12:04 GMT
Opened by Hector A Escobedo (hectorae) - Sunday, 18 January 2015, 03:44 GMT
Last edited by Sergej Pupykin (sergej) - Monday, 19 January 2015, 12:04 GMT
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DetailsDescription:
After installing xpad 4.5.0-1, I noticed an unusual new top-level directory under the root directory, /build. I was pretty sure this was not a standard top-level directory, and looking inside it I immediately found that it contained a path leading to a single documentation file, /build/xpad/pkg/xpad/usr/lib/xpad/help/xpad-user-help.txt in full. From the directory names, it's pretty obvious that this was actually meant to be installed under /usr/lib/xpad/help and the packaging went wrong somehow. Although this is not a critical file, it may affect the program's behavior when not able to find the help to display. This is not an upstream bug. It is a packaging error. Checking the PKGBUILD from ABS, I can clearly see the problem. The line that reads: make DESTDIR=$pkgdir install helpdir=$pkgdir/usr/lib/xpad/help should read instead: make DESTDIR=$pkgdir install helpdir=/usr/lib/xpad/help since apparently the Makefile treats $(helpdir) as internal to $(DESTDIR). This should be easily fixed. Steps to reproduce: 1. Install community/xpad 4.5.0-1 2. $ ls / 3. $ ls -R /build 3. $ pacman -Ql xpad | grep build Thank you for your attention. |
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