Is it possible to do the following w/o using a debian system, that is on my opensuse development system: 1)Take an existing debian source package consisting of a)a pristine tarbal in .bz2 format b)a diff file c)a dsc file The above are known to build on debian development system. 2)Edit the source package with out a debian sytem, doing: a)slapping on a upgraded pristine tarbal, (new upstream source) b)edit the configure line in the rules file 3)Sending the resulting new debian source package to opensuse-buildservice to be built? Is this possible, or do I have to install a debian/ubuntu system to edit the debian source package? If it is possible, what are the steps of the procedure? Thank You. By the way, about a year and 1/2 ago I tried to build a ubuntu package using opensuse-buildservice, but it failed because the package had dependancies in the Universe, that opensuse-buildservice did not support the universe. Is this still a problem? Is there a workaround? Supporting the Universe sounds tiring . Even Atlas only tried to support the world. :-) -- Paul Elliott 1(512)837-1096 pelliott@io.com PMB 181, 11900 Metric Blvd Suite J http://www.io.com/~pelliott/pme/ Austin TX 78758-3117