<s>
Installwatch	B-Application
is	O
a	O
program	O
designed	O
to	O
make	O
it	O
easier	O
to	O
catalog	O
and	O
maintain	O
software	O
installed	O
from	O
source	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
developed	O
as	O
a	O
stand-alone	O
project	O
,	O
Installwatch	B-Application
now	O
exists	O
primarily	O
as	O
a	O
component	O
of	O
CheckInstall	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Installwatch	B-Application
was	O
originally	O
written	O
by	O
Pancrazio	O
'	O
Ezio	O
 '	O
de	O
Mauro	O
in	O
1998	O
,	O
but	O
development	O
was	O
later	O
taken	O
over	O
by	O
Felipe	O
Sánchez	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Installwatch	B-Application
allows	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
monitor	O
what	O
files	O
and	O
directories	O
are	O
created	O
during	O
the	O
installation	O
of	O
a	O
software	O
package	O
in	O
real-time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
used	O
on	O
its	O
own	O
Installwatch	B-Application
is	O
of	O
limited	O
usefulness	O
,	O
as	O
it	O
can	O
only	O
create	O
a	O
log	O
of	O
the	O
installation	O
process	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
of	O
this	O
,	O
Felipe	O
Sánchez	O
created	O
CheckInstall	B-Device
;	O
which	O
takes	O
the	O
information	O
generated	O
by	O
Installwatch	B-Application
and	O
uses	O
it	O
to	O
create	O
an	O
installable	O
package	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
on	O
any	O
Linux	O
distribution	O
that	O
makes	O
use	O
of	O
Debian	O
,	O
Slackware	B-Application
,	O
or	O
Red	O
Hat	O
package	O
management	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
use	O
of	O
CheckInstall	B-Device
has	O
largely	O
superseded	O
that	O
of	O
Installwatch	B-Application
alone	O
,	O
and	O
as	O
such	O
Installwatch	B-Application
has	O
now	O
been	O
merged	O
with	O
the	O
CheckInstall	B-Device
distribution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Older	O
stand-alone	O
versions	O
of	O
Installwatch	B-Application
still	O
remain	O
primarily	O
for	O
historical	O
and	O
educational	O
purposes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
present	O
,	O
the	O
version	O
of	O
Installwatch	B-Application
packaged	O
with	O
CheckInstall	B-Device
is	O
incompatible	O
with	O
the	O
current	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
GNU	B-Application
coreutils	I-Application
(	O
Core	O
Utilities	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
of	O
this	O
,	O
Installwatch	B-Application
ca	O
n't	O
monitor	O
any	O
changes	O
made	O
with	O
the	O
coreutils	B-Application
,	O
rendering	O
its	O
logs	O
incomplete	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Depending	O
on	O
the	O
software	O
package	O
,	O
this	O
may	O
completely	O
invalidate	O
the	O
information	O
provided	O
by	O
Installwatch	B-Application
and	O
thus	O
any	O
program	O
that	O
depends	O
on	O
it	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
CheckInstall	B-Device
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
issue	O
was	O
documented	O
in	O
the	O
Slackware	B-Application
12	O
changelog	O
,	O
and	O
prompted	O
CheckInstall	B-Device
's	O
removal	O
from	O
that	O
distribution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
August	O
3	O
,	O
2007	O
,	O
the	O
problem	O
was	O
further	O
explained	O
and	O
detailed	O
by	O
Felipe	O
Sánchez	O
on	O
the	O
CheckInstall	B-Device
mailing	O
list	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
updated	O
version	O
of	O
CheckInstall	B-Device
is	O
promised	O
to	O
be	O
coming	O
soon	O
which	O
will	O
address	O
the	O
issue	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
the	O
meantime	O
a	O
workaround	O
is	O
suggested	O
.	O
</s>
