On 26/10/17 20:30, info at smallinnovations dot nl wrote:

>>
>> I need to be able to hack some of the source files due to different
>> file paths, and then build as debs.
>>
> According to the man page from alien
>
>
> -g, --generate
>            Generate a temporary directory suitable for building a package
>            from, but do not actually create the package.
>

Ok thanks.