Package: tomcat5.5 Version: 5.5.20-4 Severity: normal If /bin/sh is not bash, then it fails to build from source as it doesn't expand {} in several places in the debian/rules file. The answer is to put "SHELL=/bin/bash" at the top of debian/rules. -- David Pashley david at davidpashley.com Nihil curo de ista tua stulta superstitione.