Testing Changes to `dpkg-gencontrol`
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Your patched dpkg 1.16.4 source should be in `dpkg-1.16.4/`.

Make and enter the source package directory:

    $ mkdir foo-1.0
    $ cd foo-1.0

Make the metadata directory, package build directory, and control directory:

    $ mkdir -p debian/tmp/DEBIAN

Write a changelog file:

    $ cat > debian/changelog <<EOF
    > foo (1.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
    > 
    >   * Initial release. (Closes: #XXXXXX)
    > 
    >  -- P. J. <pj@sleipnir1>  Sat, 09 Jun 2012 20:36:51 -0400
    > EOF

Write a control file:

    $ cat > debian/control <<EOF
    > Source: foo
    > Maintainer: "P. J. McDermott" <pjm@nac.net>
    > 
    > Package: foo
    > Architecture: all
    > Description: Foo is foo.
    > EOF

Add dpkg's `scripts/` directory to `@INC` in Perl:

    $ export PERL5LIB=../dpkg-1.16.4/scripts/

Tell dpkg where to find its data files:

    $ export DPKG_DATADIR=../dpkg-1.16.4/

Test `dpkg-gencontrol`:

    $ DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS=stage=1 ../dpkg-1.16.4/scripts/dpkg-gencontrol.pl && \
    > cat debian/tmp/DEBIAN/control; rm -f debian/files