From c6a6c684ac4d5ae710152fa08329419c38a075f8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stephen Gelman <ssgelm@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 15 May 2015 11:19:03 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Add instructions for bulding a deb

---
 docs/linux-build.md | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/linux-build.md b/docs/linux-build.md
index 76cbf1da..f39429e5 100644
--- a/docs/linux-build.md
+++ b/docs/linux-build.md
@@ -10,3 +10,10 @@ getting the right version of Ruby.
 
 Earlier versions of CentOS and Debian/Ubuntu have trouble building go, so they
 are non-starters.
+
+## Building a deb
+
+A debian package can be built by running `dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc` from the
+root of the repo.  It is currently confirmed to work on Debian jessie and
+wheezy.  On wheezy it requires `wheezy-backports` versions of `dh-golang`,
+`git`, and `golang`.