Package: dpkg-dev Version: 1.4.0 While tracking down a different bug, I found this typo on line 58 of /usr/lib/dpkg/controllib.pl: &error("unable to open substvars file $varlistvile: $!"); ^^^^^^^^^^^^ I changed this to '$varlistfile' and now controllib.pl now tells me which substvars it can't open instead of printing a blank space. -- Karl Sackett krs@caos.aamu.edu Run silent, run deep