diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index e48d9ce..4766bd9 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+multistrap (2.1.9) experimental; urgency=low
+
+  * Allow missing packages lines and add note about using omitdebsrc
+    with debian-ports.
+
+ -- Neil Williams <codehelp@debian.org>  Fri, 29 Oct 2010 15:27:21 +0100
+
 multistrap (2.1.8) experimental; urgency=low
 
   [ Wookey ]
diff --git a/multistrap b/multistrap
index 45e932e..c4f9334 100755
--- a/multistrap
+++ b/multistrap
@@ -972,6 +972,7 @@ sub dump_config {
 	# explain the bootstrap section details explicitly and just refer to
 	# those for the apt sources.
 	foreach my $sect_name (@check) {
+		next unless (defined $packages{$sect_name});
 		printf ("Section name:\t$sect_name\n");
 		print "\tsource:\t\t$sources{$sect_name}\n";
 		my @sorted = split(/ /, $packages{$sect_name});
@@ -1006,7 +1007,7 @@ sub dump_config {
 		$srcmsg .= sprintf(" %s",_g("None."));
 	} else {
 		foreach my $omit (sort keys %omitdebsrc) {
-			$srcmsg .= $omitdebsrc{$omit} if (defined $omitdebsrc{$omit});
+			$srcmsg .= " " . $omitdebsrc{$omit} if (defined $omitdebsrc{$omit});
 		}
 	}
 	print "$srcmsg\n";
diff --git a/pod/multistrap b/pod/multistrap
index 995f7ab..b5bf298 100644
--- a/pod/multistrap
+++ b/pod/multistrap
@@ -462,6 +462,9 @@ apt-cache size), use the omitdebsrc field in each Section.
  suite=testing
  omitdebsrc=true
 
+omitdebsrc is necessary when using packages from debian-ports where
+packages do not have sources, except "unreleased".
+
 =cut
 
 =head1 fakeroot