bin
diff --git a/dist/debian/mkpkg b/dist/debian/mkpkg
index 8504b5b..d8877e7 100755
--- a/dist/debian/mkpkg
+++ b/dist/debian/mkpkg
@@ -60,7 +60,10 @@
 		echo Maintainer: 'Russ Cox <rsc@swtch.com>'
 		echo Description: $desc
 	} >$i/DEBIAN/control
-	awk -v'pkg='$grepfor -v 'plan9='$TREE9 '$2==pkg {
+	whatis grepfor
+	awk -v'grepfor='$grepfor -v 'pkg='$i -v 'plan9='$TREE9 '
+	BEGIN { print "grep for " grepfor >"/dev/stderr" }
+	$2==grepfor {
 		dir=$1
 		sub("/[^/]+$", "/", dir)
 		if(dir != lastdir){
@@ -69,7 +72,7 @@
 		}
 		if($1 !~ /\/$/)
 			printf("cp ''%s'' ''%s''\n", plan9 "/" $1, pkg "/usr/local/plan9/" $1)
-	}' $TREE9/dist/filelist |rc
+	}' $TREE9/dist/filelist | rc
 	if(test -d $i/usr){
 		@{
 			cd $i