diff --git a/Alien/Package/Rpm.pm b/Alien/Package/Rpm.pm
index eb3df75..592c6ab 100644
--- a/Alien/Package/Rpm.pm
+++ b/Alien/Package/Rpm.pm
@@ -189,8 +189,9 @@ sub unpack {
 			# last file, after all! Second, it makes the -d
 			# test below fire, which saves us from trying to
 			# fix a parent directory twice.
-			($file)=$file=~m:(.*)/.*?:;
+			$file=$1 if $file=~m:(.*)/.*?:;
 			my $dircollect='';
+			
 			foreach my $dir (split(/\//,$file)) {
 				$dircollect.="$dir/";
 				# Use a hash to prevent duplicate chmods.
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index bd1dfd5..edbf1b1 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+alien (7.5) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * Fixed an uninitialized value when converting from a .src.rpm.
+
+ -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Mon, 29 May 2000 21:42:38 -0700
+
 alien (7.4) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * Corrected typo that broke Deb.pm, Closes: #64559