diff --git a/Alien/Package/Rpm.pm b/Alien/Package/Rpm.pm
index 88c776a..8d2db61 100644
--- a/Alien/Package/Rpm.pm
+++ b/Alien/Package/Rpm.pm
@@ -89,7 +89,8 @@ sub scan {
 
 	# Get the conffiles list.
 	$this->conffiles([map { chomp; $_ } `LANG=C rpm -qcp $file`]);
-	if ($this->conffiles->[0] eq '(contains no files)') {
+	if (defined $this->conffiles->[0] &&
+	    $this->conffiles->[0] eq '(contains no files)') {
 		$this->conffiles([]);
 	}
 
@@ -97,7 +98,8 @@ sub scan {
 
 	# Get the filelist.
 	$this->filelist([map { chomp; $_ } `LANG=C rpm -qpl $file`]);
-	if ($this->filelist->[0] eq '(contains no files)') {
+	if (defined $this->filelist->[0] &&&
+	    $this->filelist->[0] eq '(contains no files)') {
 		$this->filelist([]);
 	}
 
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 575ab7e..af2e9f0 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+alien (8.03) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * Should avoid warning message, Closes: #140286
+  * README and description updates.
+
+ -- Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>  Thu, 28 Mar 2002 14:27:10 -0500
+
 alien (8.02) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * Made more robust in the face of empty rpms. Closes: #138969