umm, according to the style guide, it's supposed to do that (create the directories it will look in, but not create any files); I thought the bug was that there was no way to tell dpkg to *really* not touch /usr/local? -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to debian-devel-REQUEST@lists.debian.org . Trouble? e-mail to Bruce@Pixar.com