As the upstream bug is still unfixed and there's no Debian or Ubuntu fix (other than not using the important fstrans=yes option), this is unsurprisingly still a problem in Trusty and no doubt later versions through to Yakkety.
Simple test:
# checkinstall -D --fstrans=yes mkdir -p /usr/doc/test ... Installing with mkdir -p /usr/doc/test...
========================= Installation results =========================== mkdir: cannot create directory ‘/usr/doc’: No such file or directory
**** Installation failed. Aborting package creation.
Cleaning up...OK
Bye.
As the upstream bug is still unfixed and there's no Debian or Ubuntu fix (other than not using the important fstrans=yes option), this is unsurprisingly still a problem in Trusty and no doubt later versions through to Yakkety.
Simple test:
# checkinstall -D --fstrans=yes mkdir -p /usr/doc/test
...
Installing with mkdir -p /usr/doc/test...
======= ======= ======= ==== Installation results ======= ======= ======= ======
mkdir: cannot create directory ‘/usr/doc’: No such file or directory
**** Installation failed. Aborting package creation.
Cleaning up...OK
Bye.