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+language: c
+
+before_install:
+  # cleanup git stuff (source format 1.0 does not exclude it)
+  - rm -rf .git .travis.yml
+  # update package list
+  - sudo apt-get update -qq
+  #
+  - if [ "$TRAVIS_BRANCH" != "m-p" ]; then sudo apt-get install -qq --no-install-recommends devscripts libwww-perl libcrypt-ssleay-perl && uscan --force-download && sudo apt-get purge -qq libwww-perl libcrypt-ssleay-perl && sudo apt-get autoremove -qq; else sudo apt-get install -qq --no-install-recommends devscripts && VER=$(head -1 debian/changelog | awk -F'[()]' '{print $2}' | awk -F'+' '{print $1}'); wget https://gist.githubusercontent.com/waja/9142217/raw/git2release -O /tmp/git2release && sh /tmp/git2release --release-tarball https://github.com/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins/archive/master.tar.gz && mv monitoring-plugins*.tar.gz .. && sh /tmp/git2release --prepare-debian ../monitoring-plugins-1.5.tar.gz && tar -xzf ../monitoring-plugins_${VER}.orig.tar.gz -C ../ && cp -a debian ../monitoring-plugins-${VER}/ && cd ../monitoring-plugins-${VER}/; fi
+#  # installneeded packages for uscan
+#  - sudo apt-get install -qq --no-install-recommends devscripts libwww-perl libcrypt-ssleay-perl
+#  # download original tarball
+#  - uscan --force-download
+#  # remove packages needed for uscan
+#  - sudo apt-get purge -qq libwww-perl libcrypt-ssleay-perl
+#  - sudo apt-get autoremove -qq
+
+install:
+  # install implicit build dependencies
+  - sudo apt-get install -qq --no-install-recommends build-essential fakeroot devscripts
+  # install explicit build dependencies
+  - sudo apt-get install -qq --no-install-recommends debhelper dpatch perl autotools-dev libdbi-dev libldap2-dev libpq-dev libmysqlclient-dev libradiusclient-ng-dev libkrb5-dev libnet-snmp-perl procps mawk dpatch hardening-wrapper
+
+script:
+    # build the debian package
+    - debuild -uc -us
+
+#notifications:
+#  email: false
+