James Cowgill writes ("Re: Why small "Uncompressed Size: 2,048" for ssmtp"): > The debian/rules file calls dpkg-gencontrol before installing anything, > so dpkg-gencontrol doesn't "see" any of the binaries when calculating > the installed size. > > https://sources.debian.net/src/ssmtp/2.64-8/debian/rules/ *splorf* Sorry for my mail which was pointing in the wrong direction. I should have UTSL. Ian.