diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 1507662adbafb9b2a6fa98299309a18165b083a1..acee90b5e5c0627d79ecb8fdcf46e2b136938f8c 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -315,14 +315,8 @@ testfont binary
 /lib/modules/testsuite.in foreign_ident
 /lib/tools/pike.el foreign_ident
 /man/pike.1 foreign_ident
-/packaging/debian/README.Debian foreign_ident
 /packaging/debian/patches/06_dynamic_module_makefile.in-libgcc.diff foreign_ident
 /packaging/debian/pike-config.in foreign_ident
-/packaging/debian/pike7.8-core.postinst foreign_ident
-/packaging/debian/pike7.8-core.prerm foreign_ident
-/packaging/debian/postinst foreign_ident
-/packaging/debian/prerm foreign_ident
-/packaging/debian/rules foreign_ident
 /packaging/fink/README foreign_ident
 /packaging/windows/installer.vbs foreign_ident
 /refdoc/Makefile foreign_ident
diff --git a/packaging/debian/README.Debian b/packaging/debian/README.Debian
index bdb33f9a487bfadbc84d2f118bab1f12e0c89142..49dda6e54419318326bef3c65adcaf5e7dab91af 100644
--- a/packaging/debian/README.Debian
+++ b/packaging/debian/README.Debian
@@ -18,13 +18,13 @@ they will never be touched by any pike package again. The directories
 are:
 
 /usr/local/include/pike
-/usr/local/include/pike7.8
+/usr/local/include/pike7.9
 
 /usr/local/lib/pike/site_pike
-/usr/local/lib/pike7.8/site_pike
+/usr/local/lib/pike7.9/site_pike
 
 /usr/local/share/pike/site_pike
-/usr/local/share/pike7.8/site_pike
+/usr/local/share/pike7.9/site_pike
 
 ----
-$Id: README.Debian,v 1.7 2006/01/17 22:37:47 grendel Exp $
+$Id$
diff --git a/packaging/debian/control b/packaging/debian/control
index 4e6564956831c89a3934b555e87a0d7f59fe4ede..e104a94c446a5f01639028359f73f07ac67001da 100644
--- a/packaging/debian/control
+++ b/packaging/debian/control
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Source: pike7.8
+Source: pike7.9
 Section: interpreters
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Marek Habersack <grendel@debian.org>
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ Standards-Version: 3.6.2.1
 Build-Depends: debhelper (>> 4.0.0), libgdbm-dev, libgmp3-dev, libz-dev, libjpeg-dev, libttf-dev, libmysqlclient15-dev, bison, debhelper, freeglut3-dev (>= 2.2.0-6.1) [alpha hppa], freeglut3-dev [!alpha !hppa], x11proto-gl-dev, libxpm-dev, gnome-core-devel, libgtkxmhtml-dev, libfreetype6-dev, autoconf, libiodbc2-dev, libsane-dev, postgresql-dev, librsvg2-dev, libsdl-mixer1.2-dev, sharutils, libsdl1.2-dev, gtkglarea5-dev, libtiff4-dev,  bc, libpcre3-dev, libbz2-dev, libnettle-dev, libsqlite3-dev, libfuse-dev, libglade0-dev, fftw3-dev, pkg-config
 Build-Conflicts: libutahglx-dev
 
-Package: pike7.8-core
+Package: pike7.9-core
 Architecture: any
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}
-Suggests: pike7.8-doc
-Recommends: pike7.8-image (=${Source-Version})
+Suggests: pike7.9-doc
+Recommends: pike7.9-image (=${Source-Version})
 Description: Powerful interpreted programming language
  Pike is an interpreted, object-oriented, dynamic programming language
  with a syntax similar to C. It includes many powerful data types and
@@ -18,19 +18,19 @@ Description: Powerful interpreted programming language
  with support for graphics formats like SVG, JPG, PNG, GIF, XCF and many
  others,  database connectivity, advanced cryptography, XML/HTML parsers
  and others. To learn more about pike, please visit http://pike.ida.liu.se/
- Note that some of the  Pike features are found in other pike7.8-* packages 
+ Note that some of the  Pike features are found in other pike7.9-* packages
  (image processing, mysql, postgresql, sane and more).
 
-Package: pike7.8
+Package: pike7.9
 Architecture: all
-Depends: pike7.8-core (=${Source-Version}), pike7.8-image (=${Source-Version}), pike7.8-gdbm (=${Source-Version})
-Recommends: pike7.8-doc (=${Source-Version})
-Suggests: pike7.8-mysql (=${Source-Version}), pike7.8-pg (=${Source-Version}), pike7.8-dev (=${Source-Version})
-Description: Recommended meta package for Pike 7.8
+Depends: pike7.9-core (=${Source-Version}), pike7.9-image (=${Source-Version}), pike7.9-gdbm (=${Source-Version})
+Recommends: pike7.9-doc (=${Source-Version})
+Suggests: pike7.9-mysql (=${Source-Version}), pike7.9-pg (=${Source-Version}), pike7.9-dev (=${Source-Version})
+Description: Recommended meta package for Pike 7.9
  This is a meta package which depends upon several other Pike
  packages that together make up the recommended Pike installation.
  If you want to install every packaged component of the Pike 
- distribution, please install the pike7.8-meta package.
+ distribution, please install the pike7.9-meta package.
  .
  If you want to remove several components this package depends
  upon, you can purge this package without worrying about the
@@ -38,263 +38,263 @@ Description: Recommended meta package for Pike 7.8
  don't need on your system.
  .
  Pike is an interpreted programming language, for more information 
- see the description of the pike7.8-core package or visit the URL
+ see the description of the pike7.9-core package or visit the URL
  below.
  .
  http://pike.ida.liu.se/
 
-Package: pike7.8-mysql
+Package: pike7.9-mysql
 Architecture: any
-Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, pike7.8-core (=${Source-Version})
+Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, pike7.9-core (=${Source-Version})
 Description: Mysql module for Pike
  This Pike module provides access to Mysql databases.
   .
  Pike is an interpreted programming language, for more information 
- see the description of the pike7.8-core package or visit the URL
+ see the description of the pike7.9-core package or visit the URL
  below.
  .
  http://pike.ida.liu.se/
 
-Package: pike7.8-pg
+Package: pike7.9-pg
 Architecture: any
-Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, pike7.8-core (=${Source-Version})
+Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, pike7.9-core (=${Source-Version})
 Description: Postgres module for Pike
  This Pike module provides access to Postgres databases.
   .
  Pike is an interpreted programming language, for more information 
- see the description of the pike7.8-core package or visit the URL
+ see the description of the pike7.9-core package or visit the URL
  below.
  .
  http://pike.ida.liu.se/
 
-Package: pike7.8-odbc
+Package: pike7.9-odbc
 Architecture: any
-Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, pike7.8-core (=${Source-Version})
+Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, pike7.9-core (=${Source-Version})
 Description: Odbc module for Pike
  This Pike module provides glue to the iOdbc interface.
   .
  Pike is an interpreted programming language, for more information 
- see the description of the pike7.8-core package or visit the URL
+ see the description of the pike7.9-core package or visit the URL
  below.
  .
  http://pike.ida.liu.se/
 
-Package: pike7.8-svg
+Package: pike7.9-svg
 Architecture: any
-Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, pike7.8-core (=${Source-Version})
-Suggests: pike7.8-image (=${Source-Version})
+Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, pike7.9-core (=${Source-Version})
+Suggests: pike7.9-image (=${Source-Version})
 Description: SVG format support for Pike
  This module provides an SVG graphics format module. It has
- been separated from the pike7.8-image module because of its
+ been separated from the pike7.9-image module because of its
  quite extensive dependencies.
   .
  Pike is an interpreted programming language, for more information 
- see the description of the pike7.8-core package or visit the URL
+ see the description of the pike7.9-core package or visit the URL
  below.
  .
  http://pike.ida.liu.se/
 
-Package: pike7.8-image
+Package: pike7.9-image
 Architecture: any
-Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, pike7.8-core (=${Source-Version})
-Suggests: pike7.8-svg (=${Source-Version})
+Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, pike7.9-core (=${Source-Version})
+Suggests: pike7.9-svg (=${Source-Version})
 Description: Image module for Pike
  This module provides many powerful image processing functions to
  Pike programs.
   .
  Pike is an interpreted programming language, for more information 
- see the description of the pike7.8-core package or visit the URL
+ see the description of the pike7.9-core package or visit the URL
  below.
  .
  http://pike.ida.liu.se/
 
-Package: pike7.8-sdl
+Package: pike7.9-sdl
 Architecture: any
-Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, pike7.8-core (=${Source-Version})
+Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, pike7.9-core (=${Source-Version})
 Description: SDL module for Pike
  This module provides the Pike interface to the SDL library.
   .
  Pike is an interpreted programming language, for more information 
- see the description of the pike7.8-core package or visit the URL
+ see the description of the pike7.9-core package or visit the URL
  below.
  .
  http://pike.ida.liu.se/
 
-Package: pike7.8-gdbm
+Package: pike7.9-gdbm
 Architecture: any
-Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, pike7.8-core (=${Source-Version})
+Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, pike7.9-core (=${Source-Version})
 Description: Gdbm module for Pike
  This Pike module provides access to gdbm databases.
   .
  Pike is an interpreted programming language, for more information 
- see the description of the pike7.8-core package or visit the URL
+ see the description of the pike7.9-core package or visit the URL
  below.
  .
  http://pike.ida.liu.se/
 
-Package: pike7.8-gtk
+Package: pike7.9-gtk
 Architecture: any
-Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, pike7.8-core (=${Source-Version})
+Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, pike7.9-core (=${Source-Version})
 Description: GTK module for Pike
  This Pike module provides access to the GTK+ library.
  .
  Pike is an interpreted programming language, for more information 
- see the description of the pike7.8-core package or visit the URL
+ see the description of the pike7.9-core package or visit the URL
  below.
  .
  http://pike.ida.liu.se/
 
-Package: pike7.8-gl
+Package: pike7.9-gl
 Architecture: any
-Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, pike7.8-core (=${Source-Version})
+Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, pike7.9-core (=${Source-Version})
 Description: Mesa module for Pike
  This Pike module provides access to the Mesa 3D graphics library.
   .
  Pike is an interpreted programming language, for more information 
- see the description of the pike7.8-core package or visit the URL
+ see the description of the pike7.9-core package or visit the URL
  below.
  .
  http://pike.ida.liu.se/
 
-Package: pike7.8-sane
+Package: pike7.9-sane
 Architecture: any
-Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, pike7.8-core (=${Source-Version})
+Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, pike7.9-core (=${Source-Version})
 Description: SANE module for Pike
  This Pike module provides access to SANE.
   .
  Pike is an interpreted programming language, for more information 
- see the description of the pike7.8-core package or visit the URL
+ see the description of the pike7.9-core package or visit the URL
  below.
  .
  http://pike.ida.liu.se/
 
-Package: pike7.8-pcre
+Package: pike7.9-pcre
 Architecture: any
-Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, pike7.8-core (=${Source-Version})
+Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, pike7.9-core (=${Source-Version})
 Description: PCRE module for Pike
  This Pike module enables one to use the PCRE (Perl regular
  expressions) from within the Pike programs.
   .
  Pike is an interpreted programming language, for more information 
- see the description of the pike7.8-core package or visit the URL
+ see the description of the pike7.9-core package or visit the URL
  below.
  .
  http://pike.ida.liu.se/
 
-Package: pike7.8-bzip2
+Package: pike7.9-bzip2
 Architecture: any
-Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, pike7.8-core (=${Source-Version})
+Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, pike7.9-core (=${Source-Version})
 Description: Bzip2 module for Pike
  This Pike module enables one to use the Bzip2 compression
  algorithm from within the Pike programs.
   .
  Pike is an interpreted programming language, for more information 
- see the description of the pike7.8-core package or visit the URL
+ see the description of the pike7.9-core package or visit the URL
  below.
  .
  http://pike.ida.liu.se/
 
-Package: pike7.8-fuse
+Package: pike7.9-fuse
 Architecture: any
-Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, pike7.8-core (=${Source-Version})
+Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, pike7.9-core (=${Source-Version})
 Description: Filesystem in USErspace support for Pike
  This Pike module enables one to export filesystems to the Linux
  kernel using the FUSE library.
   .
  Pike is an interpreted programming language, for more information 
- see the description of the pike7.8-core package or visit the URL
+ see the description of the pike7.9-core package or visit the URL
  below.
  .
  http://pike.ida.liu.se/
 
-Package: pike7.8-sqlite
+Package: pike7.9-sqlite
 Architecture: any
-Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, pike7.8-core (=${Source-Version})
+Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, pike7.9-core (=${Source-Version})
 Description: SQLite module for Pike
  This Pike module enables one to use the SQLite embedded database
  library.
   .
  Pike is an interpreted programming language, for more information 
- see the description of the pike7.8-core package or visit the URL
+ see the description of the pike7.9-core package or visit the URL
  below.
  .
  http://pike.ida.liu.se/
 
-Package: pike7.8-fftw
+Package: pike7.9-fftw
 Architecture: any
-Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, pike7.8-core (=${Source-Version})
+Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, pike7.9-core (=${Source-Version})
 Description: Fast Fourier Transform module for Pike
  This Pike module enables one to use the Fast Fourier Transform
  library.
   .
  Pike is an interpreted programming language, for more information 
- see the description of the pike7.8-core package or visit the URL
+ see the description of the pike7.9-core package or visit the URL
  below.
  .
  http://pike.ida.liu.se/
 
-Package: pike7.8-dev
+Package: pike7.9-dev
 Architecture: all
-Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, pike7.8-core (=${Source-Version})
-Description: Development files for Pike 7.8
+Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, pike7.9-core (=${Source-Version})
+Description: Development files for Pike 7.9
  This package contains files you will need to develop  C extension modules 
  for Pike. The package depends on  the recommended set of packages for the 
  Pike  environment.
   .
  Pike is an interpreted programming language, for more information 
- see the description of the pike7.8-core package or visit the URL
+ see the description of the pike7.9-core package or visit the URL
  below.
  .
  http://pike.ida.liu.se/
 
-Package: pike7.8-manual
+Package: pike7.9-manual
 Architecture: all
 Section: doc
-Description: Pike 7.8 manual
+Description: Pike 7.9 manual
  The Pike manual auto-generated from the sources.
   .
  Pike is an interpreted programming language, for more information 
- see the description of the pike7.8-core package or visit the URL
+ see the description of the pike7.9-core package or visit the URL
  below.
  .
  http://pike.ida.liu.se/
 
-Package: pike7.8-reference
+Package: pike7.9-reference
 Architecture: all
 Section: doc
-Description: Pike 7.8 reference
+Description: Pike 7.9 reference
  The Pike reference auto-generated from the sources.
   .
  Pike is an interpreted programming language, for more information 
- see the description of the pike7.8-core package or visit the URL
+ see the description of the pike7.9-core package or visit the URL
  below.
  .
  http://pike.ida.liu.se/
 
-Package: pike7.8-doc
+Package: pike7.9-doc
 Architecture: all
 Section: doc
-Depends: pike7.8-manual (=${Source-Version}), pike7.8-reference (=${Source-Version})
-Description: Pike 7.8 documentation meta package
- This package depends upon all the Pike 7.8 documentation  packages. Note 
+Depends: pike7.9-manual (=${Source-Version}), pike7.9-reference (=${Source-Version})
+Description: Pike 7.9 documentation meta package
+ This package depends upon all the Pike 7.9 documentation  packages. Note
  that the download and installation sizes  might be very large.
   .
  Pike is an interpreted programming language, for more information 
- see the description of the pike7.8-core package or visit the URL
+ see the description of the pike7.9-core package or visit the URL
  below.
  .
  http://pike.ida.liu.se/
 
-Package: pike7.8-meta
+Package: pike7.9-meta
 Architecture: all
-Depends: pike7.8 (=${Source-Version}), pike7.8-mysql (=${Source-Version}), pike7.8-pg (=${Source-Version}), pike7.8-odbc (=${Source-Version}), pike7.8-image (=${Source-Version}), pike7.8-sdl (=${Source-Version}), pike7.8-gdbm (=${Source-Version}), pike7.8-gtk (=${Source-Version}), pike7.8-gl (=${Source-Version}), pike7.8-sane (=${Source-Version}), pike7.8-doc (=${Source-Version}), pike7.8-dev (=${Source-Version}), pike7.8-svg (=${Source-Version}), pike7.8-pcre (=${Source-Version}), pike7.8-bzip2 (=${Source-Version}), pike7.8-fuse (=${Source-Version}), pike7.8-sqlite (=${Source-Version}), pike7.8-fftw (=${Source-Version})
-Description: Meta package for Pike 7.8
+Depends: pike7.9 (=${Source-Version}), pike7.9-mysql (=${Source-Version}), pike7.9-pg (=${Source-Version}), pike7.9-odbc (=${Source-Version}), pike7.9-image (=${Source-Version}), pike7.9-sdl (=${Source-Version}), pike7.9-gdbm (=${Source-Version}), pike7.9-gtk (=${Source-Version}), pike7.9-gl (=${Source-Version}), pike7.9-sane (=${Source-Version}), pike7.9-doc (=${Source-Version}), pike7.9-dev (=${Source-Version}), pike7.9-svg (=${Source-Version}), pike7.9-pcre (=${Source-Version}), pike7.9-bzip2 (=${Source-Version}), pike7.9-fuse (=${Source-Version}), pike7.9-sqlite (=${Source-Version}), pike7.9-fftw (=${Source-Version})
+Description: Meta package for Pike 7.9
  This package depends on all the components that make up the Pike
  language distribution. It will pull in a LOT of packages the
  Pike components depend upon (including XFree libraries, GTK, GNOME)!
   .
  Pike is an interpreted programming language, for more information 
- see the description of the pike7.8-core package or visit the URL
+ see the description of the pike7.9-core package or visit the URL
  below.
  .
  http://pike.ida.liu.se/
diff --git a/packaging/debian/dhelp.manual b/packaging/debian/dhelp.manual
index 2d64d1aef05206512abba82f1e9dc42dec4aee7b..6761fc126826c0f8be95ee7fa87e6555bb4e83a8 100644
--- a/packaging/debian/dhelp.manual
+++ b/packaging/debian/dhelp.manual
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <item>
 <directory>programming
-<linkname>Pike 7.8 language tutorial and manual
+<linkname>Pike 7.9 language tutorial and manual
 <filename>index.html
 <description>
 A Pike manual accompanied by a tutorial section.
diff --git a/packaging/debian/dhelp.refdoc b/packaging/debian/dhelp.refdoc
index d0d8309a1c58b2357719edc71690917b976d3608..7d61c205034a83fb49ae47a7a5993af8b7764a2d 100644
--- a/packaging/debian/dhelp.refdoc
+++ b/packaging/debian/dhelp.refdoc
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <item>
 <directory>programming
-<linkname>Pike 7.8 Reference
+<linkname>Pike 7.9 Reference
 <filename>index.html
 <description>
 The Pike API reference autogenerated from the C and Pike sources
diff --git a/packaging/debian/menu b/packaging/debian/menu
index f50af5698ce42154d6ffce59da7e66c1e99aa8b1..87a15250aac859c8337a17633a87d581a23be612 100644
--- a/packaging/debian/menu
+++ b/packaging/debian/menu
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-?package(pike7.8-core):needs=text section=Apps/Programming\
-  title="Pike 7.8 HILFE" \
-  command="/usr/bin/pike7.8" \
-  icon="/usr/share/pixmaps/pike/pike7.8.xpm"
+?package(pike7.9-core):needs=text section=Apps/Programming\
+  title="Pike 7.9 HILFE" \
+  command="/usr/bin/pike7.9" \
+  icon="/usr/share/pixmaps/pike/pike7.9.xpm"
diff --git a/packaging/debian/pike7.8-manual.doc-base b/packaging/debian/pike7.8-manual.doc-base
deleted file mode 100644
index b90f059eec8b7cbfd1bb287748abe241f6ded7b2..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/packaging/debian/pike7.8-manual.doc-base
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-Document: pike7.8-manual
-Title: Pike 7.8 Manual
-Author: The Pike Authors
-Abstract: This manual describes the Pike 7.8 language and contains
- a short tutorial on the language.
-Section: Apps/Programming
-
-Format: HTML
-Index: /usr/share/doc/pike7.8-doc/html/manual/index.html
-Files: /usr/share/doc/pike7.8-doc/html/manual/*.html
diff --git a/packaging/debian/pike7.8-reference.doc-base b/packaging/debian/pike7.8-reference.doc-base
deleted file mode 100644
index 16f18eba758f60571c687047c85e286c3ca62bfb..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/packaging/debian/pike7.8-reference.doc-base
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-Document: pike7.8-refdoc
-Title: Pike 7.8 Reference
-Author: The Pike Authors
-Abstract: This document contains the full reference of all
- the Pike modules and functions.
-Section: Apps/Programming
-
-Format: HTML
-Index: /usr/share/doc/pike7.8-doc/html/reference/index.html
-Files: /usr/share/doc/pike7.8-doc/html/reference/*.html
diff --git a/packaging/debian/pike7.8-bzip2.files b/packaging/debian/pike7.9-bzip2.files
similarity index 100%
rename from packaging/debian/pike7.8-bzip2.files
rename to packaging/debian/pike7.9-bzip2.files
diff --git a/packaging/debian/pike7.8-core.postinst b/packaging/debian/pike7.9-core.postinst
similarity index 94%
rename from packaging/debian/pike7.8-core.postinst
rename to packaging/debian/pike7.9-core.postinst
index b328561af0ce11b344db21949ea8c6ebd8fef9ad..394846bb578e372b0a22ef61654c3849008a7688 100644
--- a/packaging/debian/pike7.8-core.postinst
+++ b/packaging/debian/pike7.9-core.postinst
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 #! /bin/sh
-# postinst script for pike7.8
+# postinst script for pike7.9
 #
 # see: dh_installdeb(1)
 # 
-# $Id: pike7.8-core.postinst,v 1.1 2006/01/17 22:37:48 grendel Exp $
+# $Id$
 #
 
 set -e
 
-PIKE=7.8
+PIKE=7.9
 PIKEBIN=pike${PIKE}
 
 # summary of how this script can be called:
diff --git a/packaging/debian/pike7.8-core.postrm b/packaging/debian/pike7.9-core.postrm
similarity index 83%
rename from packaging/debian/pike7.8-core.postrm
rename to packaging/debian/pike7.9-core.postrm
index 54e77fcbf1a493192bfb2c0cc48f86d2131413de..591657c9807e2717772596a5dbc5b861e5a62493 100644
--- a/packaging/debian/pike7.8-core.postrm
+++ b/packaging/debian/pike7.9-core.postrm
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ set -e
 
 case "$1" in
        purge)
-        for d in include/pike include/pike7.8 lib/pike/site_pike lib/pike lib/pike7.8/site_pike lib/pike7.8 share/pike/site_pike \
-             share/pike share/pike7.8/site_pike share/pike7.8; do
+	for d in include/pike include/pike7.9 lib/pike/site_pike lib/pike lib/pike7.9/site_pike lib/pike7.9 share/pike/site_pike \
+	     share/pike share/pike7.9/site_pike share/pike7.9; do
     	     rmdir /usr/local/$d || true
 	done
 	;;
diff --git a/packaging/debian/pike7.8-core.prerm b/packaging/debian/pike7.9-core.prerm
similarity index 90%
rename from packaging/debian/pike7.8-core.prerm
rename to packaging/debian/pike7.9-core.prerm
index c68b7942e1355b9a8f6b745cd48717800be670cd..d42f0e0b68016d2048b9e1c2796c921b793bc81d 100644
--- a/packaging/debian/pike7.8-core.prerm
+++ b/packaging/debian/pike7.9-core.prerm
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 #! /bin/sh
-# prerm script for pike7.8
+# prerm script for pike7.9
 #
 # see: dh_installdeb(1)
 # 
-# $Id: pike7.8-core.prerm,v 1.1 2006/01/17 22:37:48 grendel Exp $
+# $Id$
 #
 
 set -e
 
-PIKE=7.8
+PIKE=7.9
 PIKEBIN=pike${PIKE}
 
 # summary of how this script can be called:
diff --git a/packaging/debian/pike7.8-dev.dirs b/packaging/debian/pike7.9-dev.dirs
similarity index 100%
rename from packaging/debian/pike7.8-dev.dirs
rename to packaging/debian/pike7.9-dev.dirs
diff --git a/packaging/debian/pike7.8-dev.files b/packaging/debian/pike7.9-dev.files
similarity index 100%
rename from packaging/debian/pike7.8-dev.files
rename to packaging/debian/pike7.9-dev.files
diff --git a/packaging/debian/pike7.8-fuse.files b/packaging/debian/pike7.9-fuse.files
similarity index 100%
rename from packaging/debian/pike7.8-fuse.files
rename to packaging/debian/pike7.9-fuse.files
diff --git a/packaging/debian/pike7.8-gdbm.files b/packaging/debian/pike7.9-gdbm.files
similarity index 100%
rename from packaging/debian/pike7.8-gdbm.files
rename to packaging/debian/pike7.9-gdbm.files
diff --git a/packaging/debian/pike7.8-gl.files b/packaging/debian/pike7.9-gl.files
similarity index 100%
rename from packaging/debian/pike7.8-gl.files
rename to packaging/debian/pike7.9-gl.files
diff --git a/packaging/debian/pike7.8-gtk.files b/packaging/debian/pike7.9-gtk.files
similarity index 100%
rename from packaging/debian/pike7.8-gtk.files
rename to packaging/debian/pike7.9-gtk.files
diff --git a/packaging/debian/pike7.8-image.files b/packaging/debian/pike7.9-image.files
similarity index 100%
rename from packaging/debian/pike7.8-image.files
rename to packaging/debian/pike7.9-image.files
diff --git a/packaging/debian/pike7.9-manual.doc-base b/packaging/debian/pike7.9-manual.doc-base
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d8dc27c6a647717a4caf6467c235cd67436e928f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/debian/pike7.9-manual.doc-base
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+Document: pike7.9-manual
+Title: Pike 7.9 Manual
+Author: The Pike Authors
+Abstract: This manual describes the Pike 7.9 language and contains
+ a short tutorial on the language.
+Section: Apps/Programming
+
+Format: HTML
+Index: /usr/share/doc/pike7.9-doc/html/manual/index.html
+Files: /usr/share/doc/pike7.9-doc/html/manual/*.html
diff --git a/packaging/debian/pike7.8-manual.files b/packaging/debian/pike7.9-manual.files
similarity index 100%
rename from packaging/debian/pike7.8-manual.files
rename to packaging/debian/pike7.9-manual.files
diff --git a/packaging/debian/pike7.8-mysql.files b/packaging/debian/pike7.9-mysql.files
similarity index 100%
rename from packaging/debian/pike7.8-mysql.files
rename to packaging/debian/pike7.9-mysql.files
diff --git a/packaging/debian/pike7.8-odbc.files b/packaging/debian/pike7.9-odbc.files
similarity index 100%
rename from packaging/debian/pike7.8-odbc.files
rename to packaging/debian/pike7.9-odbc.files
diff --git a/packaging/debian/pike7.8-pcre.files b/packaging/debian/pike7.9-pcre.files
similarity index 100%
rename from packaging/debian/pike7.8-pcre.files
rename to packaging/debian/pike7.9-pcre.files
diff --git a/packaging/debian/pike7.8-pg.files b/packaging/debian/pike7.9-pg.files
similarity index 100%
rename from packaging/debian/pike7.8-pg.files
rename to packaging/debian/pike7.9-pg.files
diff --git a/packaging/debian/pike7.9-reference.doc-base b/packaging/debian/pike7.9-reference.doc-base
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b31997eee2fb96c2fb877332cf007e9ad0858b6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/debian/pike7.9-reference.doc-base
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+Document: pike7.9-refdoc
+Title: Pike 7.9 Reference
+Author: The Pike Authors
+Abstract: This document contains the full reference of all
+ the Pike modules and functions.
+Section: Apps/Programming
+
+Format: HTML
+Index: /usr/share/doc/pike7.9-doc/html/reference/index.html
+Files: /usr/share/doc/pike7.9-doc/html/reference/*.html
diff --git a/packaging/debian/pike7.8-reference.files b/packaging/debian/pike7.9-reference.files
similarity index 100%
rename from packaging/debian/pike7.8-reference.files
rename to packaging/debian/pike7.9-reference.files
diff --git a/packaging/debian/pike7.8-sane.files b/packaging/debian/pike7.9-sane.files
similarity index 100%
rename from packaging/debian/pike7.8-sane.files
rename to packaging/debian/pike7.9-sane.files
diff --git a/packaging/debian/pike7.8-sdl.files b/packaging/debian/pike7.9-sdl.files
similarity index 100%
rename from packaging/debian/pike7.8-sdl.files
rename to packaging/debian/pike7.9-sdl.files
diff --git a/packaging/debian/pike7.8-sqlite.files b/packaging/debian/pike7.9-sqlite.files
similarity index 100%
rename from packaging/debian/pike7.8-sqlite.files
rename to packaging/debian/pike7.9-sqlite.files
diff --git a/packaging/debian/pike7.8-svg.files b/packaging/debian/pike7.9-svg.files
similarity index 100%
rename from packaging/debian/pike7.8-svg.files
rename to packaging/debian/pike7.9-svg.files
diff --git a/packaging/debian/postinst b/packaging/debian/postinst
index a69273b6c255b734745e6579e0f431536e6194f2..394846bb578e372b0a22ef61654c3849008a7688 100644
--- a/packaging/debian/postinst
+++ b/packaging/debian/postinst
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 #! /bin/sh
-# postinst script for pike7.8
+# postinst script for pike7.9
 #
 # see: dh_installdeb(1)
 # 
-# $Id: postinst,v 1.10 2006/01/17 22:37:48 grendel Exp $
+# $Id$
 #
 
 set -e
 
-PIKE=7.8
+PIKE=7.9
 PIKEBIN=pike${PIKE}
 
 # summary of how this script can be called:
diff --git a/packaging/debian/prerm b/packaging/debian/prerm
index ca1864d3b4ee6e25873438748b3b147f2c9e6adc..d42f0e0b68016d2048b9e1c2796c921b793bc81d 100644
--- a/packaging/debian/prerm
+++ b/packaging/debian/prerm
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 #! /bin/sh
-# prerm script for pike7.8
+# prerm script for pike7.9
 #
 # see: dh_installdeb(1)
 # 
-# $Id: prerm,v 1.8 2006/01/17 22:37:48 grendel Exp $
+# $Id$
 #
 
 set -e
 
-PIKE=7.8
+PIKE=7.9
 PIKEBIN=pike${PIKE}
 
 # summary of how this script can be called:
diff --git a/packaging/debian/rules b/packaging/debian/rules
index 41215fe474635043f8797d387100a00706ebaf12..3e165e0dabf8d50cd7225ddfea37f0fb18c95e27 100755
--- a/packaging/debian/rules
+++ b/packaging/debian/rules
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@
 # architecture-dependant package, as well as an architecture-independent
 # package.
 #
-# $Id: rules,v 1.58 2006/10/04 10:58:15 grendel Exp $
+# $Id$
 #
 
 # Uncomment this to turn on verbose mode. 
 #export DH_VERBOSE=1
 
-PIKEV=7.8
+PIKEV=7.9
 PIKE=pike$(PIKEV)
 
 ifdef CCVER
diff --git a/packaging/debian/tocoredoc.txt b/packaging/debian/tocoredoc.txt
index adcb53f64deab26d4bc93552c6ace46f2e12f00c..9d8a83dd016596f94507e39f52ce5a0ce5ba55a6 100644
--- a/packaging/debian/tocoredoc.txt
+++ b/packaging/debian/tocoredoc.txt
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-pike7.8-gdbm
-pike7.8-gl
-pike7.8-gtk
-pike7.8-image
-pike7.8-mysql
-pike7.8-odbc
-pike7.8-perl
-pike7.8-pg
-pike7.8-sane
-pike7.8-sdl
+pike7.9-gdbm
+pike7.9-gl
+pike7.9-gtk
+pike7.9-image
+pike7.9-mysql
+pike7.9-odbc
+pike7.9-perl
+pike7.9-pg
+pike7.9-sane
+pike7.9-sdl
diff --git a/packaging/debian/todocdoc.txt b/packaging/debian/todocdoc.txt
index 3fa92ffea3c2c05f5da930f8de143abdc5895124..b4708408abb1059254d130d422d8f8a15e42e505 100644
--- a/packaging/debian/todocdoc.txt
+++ b/packaging/debian/todocdoc.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-pike7.8-manual
-pike7.8-reference
+pike7.9-manual
+pike7.9-reference