Bruce Richardson wrote: > Uh huh. On reflection, it isn't doing this with every package I > compile, it left inewsinn alone. I gather debconf is badly broken and > not getting any better, wonder if this has anything to do with it. What are you talking about? If you think debconf is broken, how about contacting the author (me), or sending a bug report? How would a broken debconf have any bearing on the odd problem you reported anyway? -- see shy jo