What you ask for can't really be done. Upstream practices are too unpredictable. Install debhelper, read the maintainer's guide and the Debian policy manual, find an existing package that is similar to the one you want to create, and modify the files from it. For most packages debhelper and the other build tools automate things to about the maximum extent possible. -- John Hasler jhasler@newsguy.com Elmwood, WI USA