> > Make your own tarball. Extract the packages with: > > for i in *.deb > do > ar -x $i > tar xfz data.tar.gz > done > > But then you have no dpkg-database. > What about preinst, postinst and friends ??? I would give it a try tonight. Friendly, Sven LUTHER -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-request@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org