diff --git a/Alien/Package/Deb.pm b/Alien/Package/Deb.pm
index 7752e05..373a2a1 100644
--- a/Alien/Package/Deb.pm
+++ b/Alien/Package/Deb.pm
@@ -368,8 +368,8 @@ sub prep {
 	print OUT $this->binary_info."\n";
 	close OUT;
 
-	# Conffiles, if any.
-	my @conffiles=@{$this->conffiles};
+	# Conffiles, if any. Note that debhelper takes care of files in /etc.
+	my @conffiles=grep { $_ !~ /^\/etc/ } @{$this->conffiles};
 	if (@conffiles) {
 		open (OUT, ">$dir/debian/conffiles") || die "$dir/debian/conffiles: $!";
 		print OUT join("\n", @conffiles)."\n";
diff --git a/COPYING b/GPL
similarity index 100%
rename from COPYING
rename to GPL
diff --git a/alien.spec.in b/alien.spec.in
index 596fb99..7e2803a 100644
--- a/alien.spec.in
+++ b/alien.spec.in
@@ -31,4 +31,4 @@ find $RPM_BUILD_ROOT -not -type d -printf "/%%P\n" | \
 
 %files -f manifest
 %defattr(-,root,root)
-%doc debian/changelog COPYING README alien.lsm
+%doc debian/changelog GPL README alien.lsm