The subject says it all. Chris
Setting up dpkg-ftp (1.5.1) ... Unpacking linuxconf (from linuxconf_1.9r22-2_i386.deb) ... Setting up linuxconf (1.9r22-2) ... Cannot create /home/masoto/debian/linuxconf/debian/test/etc/hosts: No such file or directory dpkg: error processing linuxconf_1.9r22-2_i386.deb (--install): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2