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+#!/usr/bin/make -f
+# You must remove unused comment lines for the released package.
+# See debhelper(7) (uncomment to enable)
+# This is an autogenerated template for debian/rules.
+#
+# Output every command that modifies files on the build system.
+#export DH_VERBOSE = 1
+#
+# Copy some variable definitions from pkg-info.mk and vendor.mk
+# under /usr/share/dpkg/ to here if they are useful.
+#
+# See FEATURE AREAS/ENVIRONMENT in dpkg-buildflags(1)
+# Apply all hardening options
+#export DEB_BUILD_MAINT_OPTIONS = hardening=+all
+# Package maintainers to append CFLAGS
+#export DEB_CFLAGS_MAINT_APPEND  = -Wall -pedantic
+# Package maintainers to append LDFLAGS
+#export DEB_LDFLAGS_MAINT_APPEND = -Wl,--as-needed
+#
+# With debhelper version 9 or newer, the dh command exports
+# all buildflags.  So there is no need to include the
+# /usr/share/dpkg/buildflags.mk file here if compat is 9 or newer.
+#
+# These are rarely used code. (START)
+#
+# The following include for *.mk magically sets miscellaneous
+# variables while honoring existing values of pertinent
+# environment variables:
+#
+# Architecture-related variables such as DEB_TARGET_MULTIARCH:
+#include /usr/share/dpkg/architecture.mk
+# Vendor-related variables such as DEB_VENDOR:
+#include /usr/share/dpkg/vendor.mk
+# Package-related variables such as DEB_DISTRIBUTION
+#include /usr/share/dpkg/pkg-info.mk
+#
+# You may alternatively set them susing a simple script such as:
+# DEB_VENDOR ?= $(shell dpkg-vendor --query  Vendor)
+#
+# These are rarely used code. (END)
+#
+
+# main packaging script based on dh7 syntax
+%:
+	dh $@ --with autoreconf
+
+# debmake generated override targets
+CONFIGURE_FLAGS += --with-systemdsystemunitdir=/lib/systemd/system --enable-manuals
+override_dh_auto_configure:
+	dh_auto_configure -- $(CONFIGURE_FLAGS)
+#
+# Do not install libtool archive, python .pyc .pyo
+#override_dh_install:
+#	dh_install --list-missing -X.la -X.pyc -X.pyo
+
+# See https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/best-pkging-practices.html#bpp-dbg
+#override_dh_strip:
+#	dh_strip -posmo-uecups --dbg-package=osmo-uecups-dbg
+
+# Print test results in case of a failure
+override_dh_auto_test:
+	dh_auto_test || (find . -name testsuite.log -exec cat {} \; ; false)
+
+# Don't create .pdf.gz files (barely saves space and they can't be opened directly by most pdf readers)
+override_dh_compress:
+	dh_compress -X.pdf