>>>>> "Adam" == Adam Di Carlo <adam@onshore.com> writes: Adam> Adam> Why should this be provided by base2_2.tgz itself -- shouldn't it Adam> be provided by base-files or something? There is no particular reason. It's just that /var/log/wtmp is in base2_2.tgz and does not belong to base-files : $ dpkg -S /var/log/wtmp dpkg: /var/log/wtmp not found. -- Laurent.