Using cabal-debian, I get: W: libghc6-highlighting-kate-dev: wrong-section-according-to-package-name libghc6-highlighting-kate-dev => haskell W: libghc6-highlighting-kate-prof: wrong-section-according-to-package-name libghc6-highlighting-kate-prof => haskell This is because "haskell" section was recently added. I expect this is a trivial patch to cabal-debian, but shave any more yaks today I'll forget what my final goal is.