After removing the spurious ), another minor problem popped up. The next line should be changed to mirror its counterpart in the build target:
--- debian/rules.orig 2003-12-30 10:21:13.000000000 +0100 +++ debian/rules 2003-12-30 10:20:53.000000000 +0100 @@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ lib/GL lib/Xau lib/Xdmcp lib/font lib/xkbfile lib/xtrans \ programs/Xserver; do \ mkdir -p $(SOURCE_TREE)-xserver-xfree86-dbg/$$DIR; \ - cp -drs $(SOURCE_TREE)/$$DIR $(SOURCE_TREE)-xserver-xfree86-dbg/$$DIR; \ + cp -drl $(SOURCE_TREE)/$$DIR $(SOURCE_TREE)-xserver-xfree86-dbg/$$DIR; \ done ifndef test_rules $(MAKE) -C $(SOURCE_TREE) WORLDOPTS="" IMAKE_DEFINES="$(IMAKE_DEFINES) -DBuildServersOnly=YES" World Regards, David PS: It seems as if experimental is missing all -dev packages of the library split: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# apt-get install xlibs-dev/experimental libice-dev/experimental Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done Selected version 4.3.0-0pre1v5 (Debian:experimental) for xlibs-dev E: Release 'experimental' for 'libice-dev' was not found [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# -- * Customer: "My palmtop won't turn on." * Tech Support: "Did the battery run out, maybe?" * Customer: "No, it doesn't use batteries. It's Windows powered." -- http://www.rinkworks.com/stupid/cs_power.shtml