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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# This is a file for testing the github.com/stellar/package
+# debian packaging of stellar-core without running it through
+# the full build pipeline. It's for debugging.
+
+if [ ! -e stellar-core/autogen.sh ]
+then
+    echo run this from one level above the stellar-core/ directory
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ ! -e packages/stellar-core/debian ]
+then
+    echo run this with the packages/ directory checked out as well
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "info: installing script dependencies"
+sudo apt install ubuntu-dev-tools pbuilder dh-make debootstrap devscripts dpkg-dev debhelper build-essential
+
+export BUILD_VERSION=999
+export DEBEMAIL=packages@stellar.org
+export DEBFULLNAME='Package Maintainer'
+export DISTRO=${DISTRO:-jammy}
+
+export DEB_CXXFLAGS_SET=${DEB_CXXFLAGS_SET:-'-ggdb -O3 -fstack-protector-strong -Wformat -Werror=format-security'}
+export DEB_CFGLAGS_SET=${DEB_CFLAGS_SET:-'-ggdb -O3 -fstack-protector-strong -Wformat -Werror=format-security'}
+export DEB_CONFIGURE_OPTS=${DEB_CONFIGURE_OPTS:-'--enable-tracy --enable-asan'}
+
+cd stellar-core
+GIT_VERS=$(git describe --tag)
+CORE_VERSION=${GIT_VERS%%-*}
+CORE_VERSION=${CORE_VERSION#v}
+cd ..
+
+export FULL_VERSION=${CORE_VERSION}-${BUILD_VERSION}
+
+echo "info: core version: ${CORE_VERSION} build version: ${BUILD_VERSION}"
+echo "info: preparing code directory stellar-core-${CORE_VERSION}"
+rm -rf stellar-core-${CORE_VERSION}
+cp -r stellar-core stellar-core-${CORE_VERSION}
+
+echo "info: creating upstream tarball stellar-core-${CORE_VERSION}.tar.gz"
+tar czf stellar-core-${CORE_VERSION}.tar.gz stellar-core-${CORE_VERSION}
+
+echo 'info: copying packaging files to the code directory'
+cp -rv packages/stellar-core/debian stellar-core-${CORE_VERSION}/
+
+if [ ! -e stellar-core-${CORE_VERSION}/debian ]
+then
+    echo copy of debian files into stellar-core-${CORE_VERSION}/debian failed
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# These variables are used in src/Makefile.am
+export LOCAL_PACKAGE=stellar-core
+export LOCAL_VERSION=${CORE_VERSION}
+export GIT_COMMIT=$(cd stellar-core-${CORE_VERSION} && git rev-parse HEAD)
+
+echo "info: updating changelog to match $FULL_VERSION"
+dch --changelog stellar-core-$CORE_VERSION/debian/changelog --distribution ${DISTRO} --newversion="${FULL_VERSION}" "New stellar-core build"
+cd stellar-core-${CORE_VERSION}/
+echo "info: creating upstream tarball, etc"
+dh_make -ysf ../stellar-core-${CORE_VERSION}.tar.gz
+
+if [ -z "${USE_PBUILDER}" ]
+then
+    echo 'info: Doing simple package build with dpkg-buildpackage in stellar-core-${CORE_VERSION}'
+    dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc -nc
+else
+    echo 'info: Doing hermetic package build using pbuilder'
+    if [ -f /var/cache/pbuilder/base-${DISTRO}.tgz ]; then
+	echo "info: updating base-${DISTRO}.tgz"
+	sudo /usr/bin/pbuilder-dist ${DISTRO} update --updates-only --basetgz /var/cache/pbuilder/base-${DISTRO}.tgz --debootstrapopts --variant=buildd
+    else
+	echo "info: creating base-${DISTRO}.tgz"
+	sudo /usr/bin/pbuilder-dist ${DISTRO} create --updates-only --basetgz /var/cache/pbuilder/base-${DISTRO}.tgz --debootstrapopts --variant=buildd
+    fi
+
+    # build the package
+    echo 'info: Starting package build'
+    /usr/bin/pdebuild --debbuildopts -b -- --basetgz /var/cache/pbuilder/base-${DISTRO}.tgz --distribution ${DISTRO} --use-network yes
+fi