thanks for everybody who responded regarding dpkg-name. when i upgraded dpkg to 1.4.0.1 i forgot to also upgrade dpkg-dev. now everything is back to normal. thanks. --alex-- -- | I believe the moment is at hand when, by a paranoiac and active | | advance of the mind, it will be possible (simultaneously with | | automatism and other passive states) to systematize confusion | | and thus to help to discredit completely the world of reality. |