diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
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+libpoe-component-sslify-perl (0.08-1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * Initial Release (Closes: #439853).
+
+ -- Kees Cook <kees@outflux.net>  Mon, 27 Aug 2007 14:28:37 -0700
diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
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+5
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
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+Source: libpoe-component-sslify-perl
+Section: perl
+Priority: optional
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 5.0.0)
+Build-Depends-Indep: perl (>= 5.8.8-7), libnet-ssleay-perl, libtest-pod-perl
+Maintainer: Debian Perl Group <pkg-perl-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>
+Uploaders: Kees Cook <kees@outflux.net>
+Standards-Version: 3.7.2
+
+Package: libpoe-component-sslify-perl
+Architecture: all
+Depends: ${perl:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, 
+Description: abstracts SSL connections for other POE components
+ This component represents the standard way to handle SSL connections
+ for other POE Components.
diff --git a/debian/copyright b/debian/copyright
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+This is the debian package for the POE-Component-SSLify module.
+It was created by Kees Cook <kees@outflux.net> using dh-make-perl.
+
+The upstream author is: Apocalypse <APOCAL@cpan.org>
+Copyright: (c) 2007 Apocalypse/Rocco Caputo
+License:
+
+This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the same terms as Perl itself.
+
+
+On Debian GNU/Linux systems, the complete text of the GNU General
+Public License can be found in `/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL' and
+the Artistic Licence in `/usr/share/common-licenses/Artistic'.
+
+The Debian packaging is (C) 2007, Kees Cook <kees@outflux.net> and
+is licensed under the same terms as the software itself (see above).
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
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+#!/usr/bin/make -f
+# This debian/rules file is provided as a template for normal perl
+# packages. It was created by Marc Brockschmidt <marc@dch-faq.de> for
+# the Debian Perl Group (http://pkg-perl.alioth.debian.org/) but may
+# be used freely wherever it is useful.
+
+# Uncomment this to turn on verbose mode.
+#export DH_VERBOSE=1
+
+# If set to a true value then MakeMaker's prompt function will
+# always return the default without waiting for user input.
+export PERL_MM_USE_DEFAULT=1
+
+PACKAGE=$(shell dh_listpackages)
+
+ifndef PERL
+PERL = /usr/bin/perl
+endif
+
+TMP     =$(CURDIR)/debian/$(PACKAGE)
+
+build: build-stamp
+build-stamp:
+	dh_testdir
+
+	# Add commands to compile the package here
+	$(PERL) Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=vendor
+	$(MAKE)
+	$(MAKE) test
+
+	touch build-stamp
+
+clean:
+	dh_testdir
+	dh_testroot
+
+	# Add commands to clean up after the build process here
+	[ ! -f Makefile ] || $(MAKE) realclean
+
+	dh_clean build-stamp install-stamp
+
+install: build install-stamp
+install-stamp:
+	dh_testdir
+	dh_testroot
+	dh_clean -k
+
+	# Add commands to install the package into debian/$PACKAGE_NAME here
+	$(MAKE) install DESTDIR=$(TMP) PREFIX=/usr
+
+	# As this is a architecture independent package, we are not
+	# supposed to install stuff to /usr/lib. MakeMaker creates
+	# the dirs, we delete them from the deb:
+	rmdir --ignore-fail-on-non-empty --parents $(TMP)/usr/lib/perl5
+
+	touch install-stamp
+
+binary-arch:
+# We have nothing to do here for an architecture-independent package
+
+binary-indep: build install
+	dh_testdir
+	dh_testroot
+	dh_installexamples
+	dh_installdocs README
+	dh_installchangelogs Changes
+	dh_perl
+	dh_compress
+	dh_fixperms
+	dh_installdeb
+	dh_gencontrol
+	dh_md5sums
+	dh_builddeb
+
+source diff:
+	@echo >&2 'source and diff are obsolete - use dpkg-source -b'; false
+
+binary: binary-indep binary-arch
+.PHONY: build clean binary-indep binary-arch binary