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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# If this script fails on a Debian 4.0 ("etch") system then read
+# the debian/README.debian4 file.
+
+echo "chmod +x debian/rules"
+chmod +x debian/rules
+
+# in some environments the '-rfakeroot' can cause a failure (e.g. when
+# building as root). If so, remove that argument from the following:
+echo "dpkg-buildpackage -b -rfakeroot -us -uc"
+dpkg-buildpackage -b -rfakeroot -us -uc
+
+# If the above succeeds then the ".deb" binary package is placed in the
+# parent directory.