diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
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+++ b/debian/changelog
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+freeswitch (1.0~beta1-1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * New packages.
+
+ -- Robert McQueen <robot101@debian.org>  Sun, 12 Nov 2006 17:32:23 -0500
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
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+++ b/debian/control
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+Source: freeswitch
+Maintainer: Michael Jerris <mike@jerris.com>
+Section: net
+Priority: optional
+Build-Depends: automake, autoconf, libtool
+
+Package: freeswitch
+Architecture: any
+Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}
+Description: it is the winning
+ lalal fixme
diff --git a/debian/copyright b/debian/copyright
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index 0000000000..e6f54afc60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/copyright
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Freeswitch has lots of stuff. Some is MPL. See /usr/share/common-licenses/* for more.
diff --git a/debian/files b/debian/files
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index 0000000000..ee0f9dccab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/files
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+freeswitch_1.0~beta1-1_i386.deb net optional
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
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+++ b/debian/rules
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+#!/usr/bin/make -f
+# Sample debian/rules that uses debhelper.
+# This file is public domain software, originally written by Joey Hess. 
+
+# Uncomment this to turn on verbose mode.
+#export DH_VERBOSE=1
+
+build: build-stamp
+build-stamp:
+	dh_testdir
+
+	# Add here commands to compile the package.
+	./bootstrap.sh
+	./configure
+	$(MAKE)
+
+	touch build-stamp
+
+clean:
+	dh_testdir
+	dh_testroot
+	rm -f build-stamp
+
+	# Add here commands to clean up after the build process.
+	-$(MAKE) clean megaclean
+
+	dh_clean
+
+install: build
+	dh_testdir
+	dh_testroot
+	dh_clean -k
+	dh_installdirs
+
+	# Add here commands to install the package into debian/<packagename>
+	$(MAKE) install DESTDIR=`pwd`/debian/tmp
+
+# 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
+	dh_installdocs
+	dh_installexamples
+#	dh_install
+#	dh_installmenu
+#	dh_installdebconf	
+#	dh_installlogrotate
+#	dh_installemacsen
+#	dh_installcatalogs
+#	dh_installpam
+#	dh_installmime
+#	dh_installinit
+#	dh_installcron
+#	dh_installinfo
+#	dh_undocumented
+	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
diff --git a/debian/substvars b/debian/substvars
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/substvars
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+shlibs:Depends=libc6 (>= 2.3.6-6), libdb4.4, libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1-12), libsasl2-2, libssl0.9.8 (>= 0.9.8c-1), libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1-12), libuuid1, zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.1)