Please make sure you get the new "perl" from "frozen" or "bo". Also make sure your dpkg is the one distributed there. Also, download the "debmake" package, and try using "deb-make" to generate your package files. It gets you going a lot faster. Thanks Bruce -- Bruce Perens K6BP Bruce@Pixar.com -- 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