diff --git a/lib/sde-package/new.in b/lib/sde-package/new.in
index 42fed8d..0dee736 100644
--- a/lib/sde-package/new.in
+++ b/lib/sde-package/new.in
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
 # 
 # Filename: lib/sde-package/new.in
-# Copyright (C) 2006 The OpenSDE Project
+# Copyright (C) 2006 - 2007 The OpenSDE Project
 # 
 # More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
 # 
@@ -11,12 +11,15 @@
 # the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License. A copy of the
 # GNU General Public License can be found in the file COPYING.
 # --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
-
+#set -x
 package_new() {
 	local method=
 	if [ "$1" = "-fm" ]; then
 		method="freshmeat"
 		shift
+	elif [ "$1" = "-deb" ];then
+		shift
+		exec python ./lib/sde-package/new-debian.py "$@"
 	fi
 
 	# new package
@@ -65,7 +68,7 @@ package_new() {
 			fm_name=${1:-$new_package}
 			exec /bin/bash ./lib/sde-package/new-freshmeat.sh ${new_repository#$SDEROOT/package/}/$new_package "$fm_name"
 			;;
-		*)	exec /bin/sh ./lib/sde-package/new.sh ${new_repository#$SDEROOT/package/}/$new_package "$@"
+		*)	exec /bin/sh ./lib/sde-package/new.sh ${new_repository#$SDEROOT/package/} "$@"
 			;;
 	esac
 }