bpkg 0.5

bpkg project is a utility that tries to simplify the process of trying out new programs from source.
bpkg will download, extract, configure, compile, install, generate a package in your systems native format, and finally integrate that package into your systems packaging system so that you can remove it cleanly.
It has auto-detection for Arch Linux, Slackware, Red Hat, Gentoo and SuSE (though not all packaging back-ends are complete).
bpkg is not intended as a replacement for normal packaging utilities.
NOTE: bpkg is NOT heavily tested and could do bad things to your system. Use at your own risk.
Installation:
If all goes well, all you have to do to install bpkg is type:
# make
# make install
bpkg should auto-detect your packaging system and generate a package for itself.
You can also use make DESTDIR=/tmp/pkg install to install to a package root. If auto-packaging fails you can use make install-raw to do a normal unmanaged installation.
Enhancements:
- The build section was refactored so that its cleaner.
- Self-packaging was fixed so it should actually work if you dont already have installwatch installed.
- The --build-with option was added.
- By using --skip-build and --install-with, bpkg can now be used as a substitute for checkinstall.