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  1. gnanet created this gist Sep 18, 2015.
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    Based on http://blog.fili.nl/updating-a-debian-package-with-a-new-upstream-release/

    wget {URL OF NEW UPSTREAM SOURCE TAR.GZ}

    sudo apt-get install devscripts
    sudo apt-get build-dep {PACKAGENAME}
    sudo apt-get source {PACKAGENAME}

    cd {PACKAGESOURCE-DIR}
    uupdate ../{NEW UPSTREAM SOURCE TAR.GZ} -v {NEW UPSTREAM VERSION}

    cd ../{NEW UPSTREAM PACKAGESOURCE-DIR}
    dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc -nc

    #This may warn about issues with genchanges, but if the .deb file is created, you do not need to care about it.