diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
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+++ b/debian/compat
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+7
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
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+Source: iptools
+Maintainer: Adam Jacob Muller <adam@isprime.com>
+Section: python
+Priority: optional
+Build-Depends: python-setuptools (>= 0.6b3), python-all (>= 2.6.6-3), debhelper (>= 7.4.3)
+Standards-Version: 3.9.1
+
+Package: python-iptools
+Architecture: amd64
+Depends: 
+X-Python-Version: 2.7
+Description: A few useful functions and objects for manipulating ip addresses in python
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
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+#!/usr/bin/make -f
+
+%:
+	dh $@ --with python2 --buildsystem=python_distutils
diff --git a/debian/source/options b/debian/source/options
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+extend-diff-ignore="\.egg-info"
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