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+#!/usr/bin/make -f
+# -*- makefile -*-
+# Sample debian/rules that uses debhelper.
+# GNU copyright 1997 to 1999 by Joey Hess.
+
+# Uncomment this to turn on verbose mode.
+#export DH_VERBOSE=1
+
+
+# These are used for cross-compiling and for saving the configure script
+# from having to guess our platform (since we know it already)
+DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE   ?= $(shell dpkg-architecture -qDEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE)
+DEB_BUILD_GNU_TYPE  ?= $(shell dpkg-architecture -qDEB_BUILD_GNU_TYPE)
+
+
+CFLAGS = -Wall -g
+
+ifneq (,$(findstring noopt,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
+	CFLAGS += -O0
+else
+	CFLAGS += -O2
+endif
+ifeq (,$(findstring nostrip,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
+	INSTALL_PROGRAM += -s
+endif
+
+config.status: configure
+	dh_testdir
+	# Add here commands to configure the package.
+	CFLAGS="$(CFLAGS)" ./configure --host=$(DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE) --build=$(DEB_BUILD_GNU_TYPE) --prefix=/usr --mandir=\$${prefix}/share/man --infodir=\$${prefix}/share/info
+
+
+build: build-stamp
+
+build-stamp:  config.status
+	dh_testdir
+
+	# Add here commands to compile the package.
+	$(MAKE)
+	#/usr/bin/docbook-to-man debian/mt-daapd.sgml > mt-daapd.1
+
+	touch build-stamp
+
+clean:
+	dh_testdir
+	dh_testroot
+	rm -f build-stamp 
+
+	# Add here commands to clean up after the build process.
+	-$(MAKE) distclean
+ifneq "$(wildcard /usr/share/misc/config.sub)" ""
+	cp -f /usr/share/misc/config.sub config.sub
+endif
+ifneq "$(wildcard /usr/share/misc/config.guess)" ""
+	cp -f /usr/share/misc/config.guess config.guess
+endif
+
+
+	dh_clean 
+
+install: build
+	dh_testdir
+	dh_testroot
+	dh_clean -k 
+	dh_installdirs
+
+	# Add here commands to install the package into debian/mt-daapd.
+	$(MAKE) install DESTDIR=$(CURDIR)/debian/mt-daapd
+
+
+# Build architecture-independent files here.
+binary-indep: build install
+# We have nothing to do by default.
+
+# Build architecture-dependent files here.
+binary-arch: build install
+	dh_testdir
+	dh_testroot
+	dh_installchangelogs ChangeLog
+	dh_installdocs
+	dh_installexamples
+#	dh_install
+#	dh_installmenu
+#	dh_installdebconf	
+#	dh_installlogrotate
+#	dh_installemacsen
+#	dh_installpam
+#	dh_installmime
+	dh_installinit --init-script=daap
+#	dh_installcron
+#	dh_installinfo
+	dh_installman
+	dh_link
+	dh_strip
+	dh_compress
+	dh_fixperms
+#	dh_perl
+#	dh_python
+#	dh_makeshlibs
+	dh_installdeb
+	dh_shlibdeps
+	dh_gencontrol
+	dh_md5sums
+	dh_builddeb
+
+binary: binary-indep binary-arch
+.PHONY: build clean binary-indep binary-arch binary install