On 2/21/06, Jeff Vian <jvian10@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Thanks, Colin. It is strange that I have two rc files: > > > > # locate checkinstallrc > > /usr/lib/checkinstall/checkinstallrc~ > > /usr/lib/checkinstall/checkinstallrc > > /usr/lib/checkinstall/checkinstallrc-dist > The above would likely have been installed by an rpm. > > > /usr/local/lib/checkinstall/checkinstallrc~ > > /usr/local/lib/checkinstall/checkinstallrc > This one likely installed by compiling. > > Having 2 different versions of _anything_ installed is asking for > trouble to pop up when least expected. > > Why did you compile checkinstall when it is available as rpm? I have no remembrance of having ever compiling checkinstall. I suspect that yum may have incorrectly removed older versions of checkinstall. Paul
