diff --git a/Alien/Package/Deb.pm b/Alien/Package/Deb.pm
index e385440..c8946f6 100644
--- a/Alien/Package/Deb.pm
+++ b/Alien/Package/Deb.pm
@@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ sub email {
 	return $ENV{EMAIL} if exists $ENV{EMAIL};
 
 	my $login = getlogin || (getpwuid($<))[0] || $ENV{USER};
-	myt $mailname='';
+	my $mailname='';
 	if (open (MAILNAME,"</etc/mailname")) {
 		$mailname=<MAILNAME>;
 		chomp $mailname;
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 6cec4a1..bd1dfd5 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+alien (7.4) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * Corrected typo that broke Deb.pm, Closes: #64559 
+
+ -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Tue, 23 May 2000 19:30:04 -0700
+
 alien (7.3) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * Changed all invocations of programs to be in posix-complient form. Ie,