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+How to build the package - for CI systems, etc
+
+1 - install all the build-dependencies as listed in the debian/control file.
+ From the repo top-level directory:
+
+apt-get install `dpkg-checkbuilddeps |& sed "s/dpkg-checkbuilddeps: Unmet build dependencies://g"`
+
+2 - run debuild (the flags will avoid signing the built packages):
+ From the repo top-level directory:
+
+debuild -uc -us
+
+***************
+
quilt patches format
Note that we use the dquilt format for patches as outlined on Debian's wiki: