diff --git a/Alien/Package/Deb.pm b/Alien/Package/Deb.pm
index c656e44..e385440 100644
--- a/Alien/Package/Deb.pm
+++ b/Alien/Package/Deb.pm
@@ -545,10 +545,12 @@ sub email {
 	return $ENV{EMAIL} if exists $ENV{EMAIL};
 
 	my $login = getlogin || (getpwuid($<))[0] || $ENV{USER};
-	open (MAILNAME,"</etc/mailname");
-	my $mailname=<MAILNAME>;
-	chomp $mailname;
-	close MAILNAME;
+	myt $mailname='';
+	if (open (MAILNAME,"</etc/mailname")) {
+		$mailname=<MAILNAME>;
+		chomp $mailname;
+		close MAILNAME;
+	}
 	if (!$mailname) {
 		$mailname=`hostname -f`;
 		chomp $mailname;
diff --git a/Alien/Package/Rpm.pm b/Alien/Package/Rpm.pm
index faa0f91..eb3df75 100644
--- a/Alien/Package/Rpm.pm
+++ b/Alien/Package/Rpm.pm
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ sub scan {
 
 	# Use --queryformat to pull out all the fields we need.
 	foreach my $field (keys(%fieldtrans)) {
-		$_=`LANG=C rpm -qp $file --queryformat \%{$field}`;
+		$_=`LANG=C rpm -qp --queryformat \%{$field} $file`;
 		$field=$fieldtrans{$field};
 		$_='' if $_ eq '(none)';
 		$this->$field($_);
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 0e760f3..6cec4a1 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+alien (7.3) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * Changed all invocations of programs to be in posix-complient form. Ie,
+    no options after args, so people who set POSIX_ME_HARDER can still use
+    alien.
+  * Bahave better if there is no /etc/mailname.
+
+ -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Mon, 22 May 2000 16:04:07 -0700
+
 alien (7.2) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * When reloating files from a rpm, run the mv command directly,