We use dpatch for patch handling inside our package(s). Please see /usr/share/doc/dpatch/README.source.gz (if you have installed dpatch) for documentation about dpatch. Since Version 1.5.0 we are repackaging the upstream tarball to stop providing: * perlmods/ Therefor you should use the script debian/bin/repack.sh: repack.sh <upstream-tarball> This can also be automatically done with 'uscan --force-download' Creating a sufficiant tarball from latest git snapshot: * Install 'autoconf automake' beside the build-depends * Following RELEASING[1] you need - cd /tmp/monitoringlug - tools/setup - ./configure - make dist [1] https://github.com/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins/blob/master/doc/RELEASING