On Sat, 17 Apr 1999, Ariel Tankus wrote: > Package: apt > Version: 0.1.8 > > Bug report for apt-get: Please try this using the apt-get from potato, version 0.3.4. (or http://www.debian.org/~jgg/apt-ftp.deb) This version should not fail, if it does send me a copy of your custom package file and /var/lib/dpkg/status (mime'd please) The proper program to use for generating a package file is dpkg-scanpackages Jason