sbopkglint: fix predoinst test.

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/sbopkglint b/sbopkglint
index 9029526..c0d7129 100755
--- a/sbopkglint
+++ b/sbopkglint
@@ -563,12 +563,18 @@ for package in $packages; do
 	# created by doinst, which would be OK).
 	echo -n "Exploding $package to $PKG ..."
 	olddir="$( pwd )"
+	package_fullpath="$( realpath $package )"
 	cd "$PKG"
-	/sbin/explodepkg "$PKG" &> $PKG/.tmp.$$
-	S="$?"
-	if [ "$S" != "0" ]; then
+	/sbin/explodepkg "$package_fullpath" &> $PKG/.tmp.$$
+
+	# 20230319 bkw: explodepkg *never* exits with non-zero status, not
+	# even if the package file doesn't exist. don't bother checking.
+	# check for install/ dir instead: every valid slackware package has
+	# to have this dir.
+	if [ ! -d install ]; then
+		cat $PKG/.tmp.$$
+		warn "not a valid Slackware package"
 		echo_FAILED
-		echo "explodepkg exited with status $S"
 		rm -rf $PKG
 		exit_status=1
 		continue