diff --git a/alien.pl b/alien.pl
index 18f725b..88f0c3d 100755
--- a/alien.pl
+++ b/alien.pl
@@ -214,12 +214,12 @@ use Alien::Package::Slp;
 
 # Returns a list of directories to search for patches.
 sub patchdirs {
-	return '/var/lib/alien',"/usr/lib/alien/patches";
+	return '/var/lib/alien',"/usr/share/alien/patches";
 }
 
 # Display alien's version number.
 sub version {
-	my $version_string='unknown'; # VERSION_AUTOREPLACE done by Makefile, do not edit.
+	my $version_string='unknown'; # VERSION_AUTOREPLACE done by Makefile, DNE
 	print "Alien version $version_string\n";
 	exit;
 }
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index e40a1f4..33cdea2 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+alien (7.9) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * Whoops, alien was still trying to use /usr/lib/alien/pactches,
+    corrected.
+
+ -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Thu, 16 Nov 2000 11:59:04 -0800
+
 alien (7.8) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * Use debhelper v2 for debian/rules, but not when converting