[ scummvm-Bugs-2091524 ] checkinstall needs root even with --install=no

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Bugs item #2091524, was opened at 2008-09-03 10:20
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Category: Unknown Crash/Other
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: Marius Scurtescu (scurtescu)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: checkinstall needs root even with --install=no

Initial Comment:
Built ScummVM 0.12 from source on a AMD64 Ubuntu Hardy system.

After ./configure and make I run:
$ checkinstall --install=no

I would expect this command to just build a .deb, but it complained that it cannot access /usr/local/bin/scummvm. Here is the complete error message:

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Installing with make install...

========================= Installation results ===========================
install -d "/usr/local/bin"
install -c -s -m 755 "./scummvm" "/usr/local/bin/scummvm"
strip: could not create temporary file to hold stripped copy of '/usr/local/bin/scummvm'
install: strip process terminated abnormally
make: *** [install] Error 1

****  Installation failed. Aborting package creation.

Cleaning up...OK

Bye.
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I run the same command with sudo:
$ sudo checkinstall --install=no

And this time the .deb was created as expected.

It looks to me that the problem is in the make file. Not sure what happens when you use "checkinstall --install=no", but it clearly should work for a non-privileged user.

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