Hi Russ, Russ Allbery wrote: > + if (m/^${LEADIN}dpkg\s+--assert-support-predepends\b/) { The ^ before ${LEADIN} is useless and actually reduces its usefulness. It should be: > + if (m/${LEADIN}dpkg\s+--assert-support-predepends\b/) { Same applies to the others. Cheers, -- Raphael Geissert - Debian Maintainer www.debian.org - get.debian.net