In my previous letter I mentioned about the problem associated with lines using the @fowner variable in dpkg-gencontrol and dpkg-shlibdeps
> > Error occuring in dpkg-gencontrol: > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > dpkg-gencontrol -pmgetty > > dpkg-gencontrol: failure: chown new files list file: Illegal seek > > make: *** [binary-arch] Error 29 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- It was really caused by calling debian "build" from Midnight Commander's (or xterm's) prompt. Probably the "build" utility should be called only from the raw console's prompt. I think this information should be added to debian's FAQ. I would like to thank very much to all these people who helped me to solve the problem. Wojciech Zabolotny [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .