"DE" == Dirk Eddelbuettel <Dirk.Eddelbuettel@qed.econ.queensu.ca> writes: DE> ... A lot of doc is in /debian/project/standards. There is for example the `hello' package. Grab the hello-1.3.4.deb and hello-1.3.4.tar.gz. Unpack the .tar.gz and look at the control files. Read the doc from /debian/project/standards. ... Hi. I have these files but I do not see how `patch' is supposed to be applied to these two files to restore the status quo ante. Bill