diff --git a/build_deb_binary.sh b/build_deb_binary.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+make fanout || exit 1
+
+epoch=0
+pkgname=`awk '/^Package:/ {print $2}' debian2/control`
+version=`awk '/^Version:/ {print $2}' debian2/control`
+pkgdir=tmp/stage/$pkgname/$epoch/$version
+
+bindir=$pkgdir/data/usr/local/sbin
+mkdir -p $pkgdir/control
+
+cp debian2/control $pkgdir/control
+echo "2.0" >$pkgdir/debian-binary
+
+mkdir -p $bindir
+cp fanout $bindir/
+
+echo mkdeb.pl --gz $pkgdir $*
+mkdeb.pl --gz $pkgdir $*
+
diff --git a/debian2/control b/debian2/control
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+Package: fanout-mb
+Version: 0.0.1-1
+Source: fanout
+Maintainer: Gerhard Gonter <ggonter@gmail.com>
+Section: misc
+Priority: optional
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9)
+Architecture: amd64
+Description: simple pubsub server
+ fanout is a simple pubsub server
+ Original-Package: fanout
+ Original-Maintainer: Elliot Kendall <elliot.kendall@gmail.com>