> I think this was fixed by a newer version of dpkg-dev. You might need to try > the version from unstable.
I was having these problems and upgraded alien, rpm and dpkg-dev to the below versions and everything seems honkey dorey now. Thanks, Adam. ii alien 5.18 Install Red Hat and Slackware Packages ii rpm 2.4.8-1 Red Hat Package Manager ii dpkg-dev 1.4.0.19 Package building tools for Debian Linux -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .