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> No actually it is not. The correct way is to use dpkg-source. The > command is 'dpkg-source -x <package>.dsc'. This will recreate the > maintainers build environ completely. That's what the documentation says. But have you tried it? I did not succed unpacking a souce this way: pfrauenf:/tmp>ls -lF grep* [.] 3380 Jul 9 13:20 grep_2.1-8.diff.gz [.] 563 Jul 9 13:20 grep_2.1-8.dsc [.] 252872 Jul 9 13:20 grep_2.1.orig.tar.gz pfrauenf:/tmp>dpkg-source -x grep_2.1-8.dsc no utmp entry available, using value of LOGNAME ("pfrauenf") at /usr/lib/dpkg/controllib.pl line 16. dpkg-source: extracting grep in grep-2.1 patch: **** can't find .dpkg-orig dpkg-source: failure: patch gave error exit status 1 If someone could tell me what I'm doing wrong, I would be greatfull! Btw, I have ii dpkg 1.4.0.19 Package maintenance system ii dpkg-dev 1.4.0.20 Package building tools for ii dpkg-ftp 1.4.8 Ftp method for dselect. ii dpkg-perl 0.1-2 Perl interface modules for ii devscripts 1.5 Scripts to make the life ii debmake 3.5.11 Debianizing Tool and automated ii debianutils 1.6 Miscellaneous utilities I used the same methode to get the debianized source tree as the first poster: pfrauenf:/tmp>cd grep-2.1 [.]/grep-2.1>zcat ../grep_2.1-8.diff.gz | patch -p1 and this worked to compile a nice grep for me. For this I used [.]/grep-2.1/debian>chmod u+x rules [.]/grep-2.1>dpkg-buildpackage -us -us -b -B as root and installed the resulting package. But if I try to compile qt-1.33 with the same methode dpkg-buildpackage fails with the message dh_testdir make: dh_testdir: Command not found I really searched for this 'dh_testdir' on debian.org and also asked Archie but did not find it. Could someone please reveal to me in which package I can find it? Thx in advance. Philipp -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null