It seems that libffi is not (fully?) built if java is not. ----------------------------------------------------------------- export WITHOUT_LANG="java" dpkg-buildpackage ... rm -rf debian/libffi2 debian/libffi2-dev dh_installdirs -plibffi2 usr/share/doc/libffi2 usr/lib dh_installdirs -plibffi2-dev usr/share/doc usr/include usr/lib/gcc/powerpc-linux/3.4.0/include mv debian/tmp/usr/lib/gcc/powerpc-linux/3.4.0/include/libffi/ffitarget.h debian/tmp/usr/include/. mv: cannot stat `debian/tmp/usr/lib/gcc/powerpc-linux/3.4.0/include/libffi/ffitarget.h': No such file or directory make[1]: *** [stamps/08-binary-stamp-libffi] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/debs/gcc-3.4-3.4.0' make: *** [binary] Error 2 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Rafael