Package: dpkg Version: 1.4.1.19 It would be nice if the error message better matched the command in the following situation:
polya:~ $ dpkg -X /var/cache/apt/archives/passwd_19990827-8_i386.deb dpkg-deb: --vextract needs a target directory. Perhaps you should be using dpkg --install ? polya:~ $ Julian =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, QMW, Univ. of London. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http://www.debian.org/~jdg