(please cc replies to me, i'm not on this list) i decided to give testing a try, but ran into a bit of a problem: Template parse error near "" at /usr/lib/perl5/Debian/DebConf/Template.pm line 102, <TEMPLATES> chunk 2. E: Sub-process /usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt returned an error code (29) E: Failure running script /usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt this happens on alpha and x86. -- Tom Vier <tmv5@home.com> DSA Key id 0x27371A2C