Package: dpkg Version: 1.3.13 dpkg-source -x /usr/local/import/debian/hello_1.3 doesn't work, even though the manual page for dpkg-source suggests this usage in its synopsis. chaning -x to --unpack (as suggested in the error message) doesn't wok either (it fails with the uninformative messge tar: Only 587 bytes from archive hello_1.3-11.dsc.dpkg-src-tmp ). -- Raul