Adding nonstandard files to a checkinstall package

Question

I am experimenting with checkinstall to manage custom builds of software. I would like to add custom files to a package, e.g. /etc/init.d/nginx when installing nginx.

The --include parameter is a simplistic way of achieving this, but it seems a bit clunky to create, say, etc/init.d/nginx in the nginx source directory in order for that file to be included in the package.

Is this this accepted way of injecting custom files into checkinstall packages?

Answer 1

--include: Force the inclusion in the package of the files/dirs listed in the argument (a file).

You need to create a file containing files paths you want to add.

In your case, --include=files_to_add where files_to_add contains the line etc/init.d/nginx