17 files changed, 609 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/debian/.gitignore b/debian/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6825ff0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+/.debhelper/
+/debhelper-build-stamp
+/files
+/octave-instrument-control.substvars
+/octave-instrument-control/
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ff39262
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -0,0 +1,196 @@
+octave-instrument-control (0.9.2-1) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * New upstream version 0.9.2
+  * d/copyright:
+    + Reflect upstream changes
+    + Update Source URL
+  * Build and install the documentation
+    + d/control: Build-depend on texlive and dh-octave >= 1.7.0
+    + d/octave-instrument-control.doc-base: New file
+    + d/octave-instrument-control.docs: New file
+    + d/octave-instrument-control.info: New file
+    + d/p/add-info-dir.patch: New patch
+    + d/rules: Add rule for building the docs
+    + d/s/lintian-overrides: Add override for source-is-missing
+
+ -- Rafael Laboissière <rafael@debian.org>  Sat, 06 Jan 2024 19:35:32 -0300
+
+octave-instrument-control (0.9.1-1) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * Upload to unstable
+
+  * New upstream version 0.9.1
+  * d/u/metadata:
+    + Update Bug-Database URL
+    + Add Changelog and Documentation URLs
+
+ -- Rafael Laboissière <rafael@debian.org>  Tue, 13 Jun 2023 17:54:10 -0300
+
+octave-instrument-control (0.9.0-1) experimental; urgency=medium
+
+  * New upstream version 0.9.0
+  * d/copyright: Reflect upstream changes
+  * d/control:
+    + Update upstream Homepage URL
+    + Bump Standards-Version to 4.6.2 (no changes needed)
+  * Refresh patches for new upstream version:
+    + d/p/xtest-in-unit-tests.patch
+    + d/p/xtest-resolvehost.patch
+
+ -- Rafael Laboissière <rafael@debian.org>  Sat, 03 Jun 2023 05:14:58 -0300
+
+octave-instrument-control (0.8.0-2) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * d/watch: Adjust for new URL at gnu-octave.github.io
+  * d/s/lintian-override: Override Lintian warning
+    debian-watch-lacks-sourceforge-redirector
+
+ -- Rafael Laboissière <rafael@debian.org>  Mon, 05 Dec 2022 08:56:45 -0300
+
+octave-instrument-control (0.8.0-1) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * New upstream version 0.8.0
+  * d/p/fix-realclean-and-distclean-rules.patch: Drop patch (applied upstream)
+
+ -- Rafael Laboissière <rafael@debian.org>  Sun, 24 Jul 2022 13:52:59 -0300
+
+octave-instrument-control (0.7.1-2) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * d/control: Bump Standards-Version to 4.6.1 (no changes needed)
+  * Build-depend on dh-sequence-octave
+    + d/control: Ditto
+    + d/rules: Drop the --with=octave option from dh call
+  * Proper cleaning of upsream files
+    + d/p/fix-realclean-and-distclean-rules.patch: New patch
+    + d/clean, d/s/options: Drop obsolete files
+    + d/control: Build-depend on dh-octave >= 1.2.3
+
+ -- Rafael Laboissière <rafael@debian.org>  Mon, 11 Jul 2022 08:54:40 -0300
+
+octave-instrument-control (0.7.1-1) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * New upstream version 0.7.1
+  * d/copyright: Reflect upstream changes
+  * d/p/honor-cflags.patch: Drop patch (applied upstream)
+
+ -- Rafael Laboissière <rafael@debian.org>  Sat, 22 Jan 2022 12:50:57 -0300
+
+octave-instrument-control (0.7.0-3) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * d/copyright: Accentuate my family name
+  * d/control: Bump Standards-Version to 4.6.0 (no changes needed)
+  * d/u/metadata: Add field Archive
+  * d/s/options: Avoid exclusion of Makefile.in files
+  * d/p/honor-cflags.patch: New patch
+  * d/p/xtest-resolvehost.patch: New patch
+
+ -- Rafael Laboissière <rafael@debian.org>  Sun, 14 Nov 2021 17:48:49 -0300
+
+octave-instrument-control (0.7.0-2) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * Upload to unstable
+
+ -- Rafael Laboissière <rafael@debian.org>  Mon, 16 Aug 2021 13:39:53 -0300
+
+octave-instrument-control (0.7.0-1) experimental; urgency=medium
+
+  * New upstream version 0.7.0
+  * d/p/xtest-tcpclient.patch: Drop patch (not needed anymore)
+  * d/copyright: Reflect upstream changes
+  * d/control: Bump Standards-Version to 4.5.1 (no changes needed)
+  * d/clean: Clean automatically generated files
+  * d/u/metadata: Add Repository field
+
+ -- Rafael Laboissière <rafael@debian.org>  Sat, 27 Feb 2021 06:18:49 -0300
+
+octave-instrument-control (0.6.0-2) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * d/p/xtest-tcpclient.patch: New patch
+  * d/watch: Bump to version 4
+
+ -- Rafael Laboissière <rafael@debian.org>  Tue, 17 Nov 2020 04:06:55 -0300
+
+octave-instrument-control (0.6.0-1) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * New upstream version 0.6.0
+  * d/copyright: Reflect upstream changes
+  * d/p/xtest-in-unit-tests.patch: Refresh for new upstream version
+  * d/s/options: Ignore common.mk for upstream changes
+
+ -- Rafael Laboissière <rafael@debian.org>  Sat, 31 Oct 2020 04:02:35 -0300
+
+octave-instrument-control (0.5.0-3) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * d/p/xtest-in-unit-tests.patch: Set Forwarded:not-needed
+
+ -- Rafael Laboissière <rafael@debian.org>  Sat, 01 Aug 2020 02:57:05 -0300
+
+octave-instrument-control (0.5.0-2) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * d/control: Bump debhelper compatibitlity level to 13
+  * d/u/metadata: Drop Name and Contact fields
+  * d/p/xtest-in-unit-tests.patch: Switch to xtest for tests involving
+    remote servers (Closes: #964211)
+
+ -- Rafael Laboissière <rafael@debian.org>  Mon, 13 Jul 2020 06:15:39 -0300
+
+octave-instrument-control (0.5.0-1) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * New upstream version 0.5.0
+  * d/copyright: Reflect upstream changes
+  * d/p/xtest-in-unit-tests.patch: Refresh for new upstream version
+  * d/control: Bump Standards-Version to 4.5.0 (no changes needed)
+  * d/u/metadata: New file
+  * d/clean: New file
+
+ -- Rafael Laboissière <rafael@debian.org>  Wed, 15 Apr 2020 11:53:58 -0300
+
+octave-instrument-control (0.4.0-4) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * d/control:
+    + Bump Standards-Version to 4.4.1 (no changes needed)
+    + Bump dependency on dh-octave to >= 0.7.1
+      This allows the injection of the virtual package octave-abi-N into
+      the package's list of dependencies.
+
+ -- Rafael Laboissiere <rafael@debian.org>  Tue, 05 Nov 2019 14:15:52 -0300
+
+octave-instrument-control (0.4.0-3) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  [ Rafael Laboissiere ]
+  * Upload to unstable
+  * d/control: Bump Standards-Version to 4.4.0 (no changes needed)
+
+  [ Sébastien Villemot ]
+  * d/copyright: use correct license short name (FSFAP) for Makefile
+
+ -- Rafael Laboissiere <rafael@debian.org>  Wed, 10 Jul 2019 05:15:53 -0300
+
+octave-instrument-control (0.4.0-2) experimental; urgency=medium
+
+  * d/p/xtest-in-unit-tests.patch: Ignore unit tests involding TCP/IP
+
+ -- Rafael Laboissiere <rafael@debian.org>  Sun, 12 May 2019 04:18:37 -0300
+
+octave-instrument-control (0.4.0-1) experimental; urgency=medium
+
+  * New upstream version 0.4.0
+  * d/copyright: Reflect upstream changes
+
+ -- Rafael Laboissiere <rafael@debian.org>  Mon, 06 May 2019 11:08:29 -0300
+
+octave-instrument-control (0.3.1-2) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * d/control:
+    + Add Rules-Requires-Root: no
+    + Bump Standards-Version to 4.3.0
+    + Bump to debhelper compat level 12
+  * Build-depend on debhelper-compat instead of using d/compat
+
+ -- Rafael Laboissiere <rafael@debian.org>  Wed, 02 Jan 2019 22:56:05 -0200
+
+octave-instrument-control (0.3.1-1) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * Initial release (Closes: #899145)
+
+ -- Rafael Laboissiere <rafael@debian.org>  Sat, 30 Jun 2018 10:17:17 -0300
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ec45287
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+Source: octave-instrument-control
+Section: math
+Priority: optional
+Maintainer: Debian Octave Group <team+pkg-octave-team@tracker.debian.org>
+Uploaders: Rafael Laboissière <rafael@debian.org>
+Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 13),
+               dh-octave (>= 1.7.0),
+               dh-sequence-octave,
+               texlive
+Standards-Version: 4.6.2
+Homepage: https://gnu-octave.github.io/packages/instrument-control/
+Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/pkg-octave-team/octave-instrument-control.git
+Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/pkg-octave-team/octave-instrument-control
+Testsuite: autopkgtest-pkg-octave
+Rules-Requires-Root: no
+
+Package: octave-instrument-control
+Architecture: any
+Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${octave:Depends}, ${shlibs:Depends}
+Description: instrument control for Octave
+ This package contains Low level input/output functions for serial,
+ i2c, parallel, tcp, gpib, vxi11 and usbtmc interfaces for use in
+ Octave, a scientific computation software.
+ .
+ This Octave add-on package is part of the Octave-Forge project.
diff --git a/debian/copyright b/debian/copyright
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..082796e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/copyright
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+Format: https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
+Upstream-Name: Instrument Control for Octave
+Upstream-Contact: Stefan Mahr <dac922@gmx.de>, John Donoghue <john.donoghue@ieee.org>
+Source: https://gnu-octave.github.io/packages/instrument-control/
+
+Files: *
+Copyright: 2012, 2014 Andrius Sutas <andrius.sutas@gmail.com>
+           2013-2021 Stefan Mahr <dac922@gmx.de>
+           2016 Andreas Weber <andy.weber.aw@gmail.com>
+           2014, 2016-2024 John Donoghue <john.donoghue@ieee.org>
+License: GPL-3+
+
+Files: Makefile
+Copyright: 2015-2016 Carnë Draug
+           2015-2016 Oliver Heimlich
+           2017 Julien Bect <jbect@users.sf.net>
+           2017 Olaf Till <i7tiol@t-online.de>
+           2018-2020 John Donoghue <john.donoghue@ieee.org>
+License: FSFAP
+ Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
+ are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright
+ notice and this notice are preserved.  This file is offered as-is,
+ without any warranty.
+
+Files: src/aclocal.m4
+Copyright: 2004 Scott James Remnant <scott@netsplit.com>
+           2012-2015 Dan Nicholson <dbn.lists@gmail.com>
+License: GPL-2+ with Autoconf exception
+ This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at
+ your option) any later version.
+ .
+ This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+ General Public License for more details.
+ .
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+ 02110-1301 USA.
+ .
+ As a special exception to the GNU General Public License, if you
+ distribute this file as part of a program that contains a
+ configuration script generated by Autoconf, you may include it under
+ the same distribution terms that you use for the rest of that
+ program.
+
+Files: debian/*
+Copyright: 2018-2024 Rafael Laboissière <rafael@debian.org>
+License: GPL-3+
+
+License: GPL-3+
+ This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ (at your option) any later version.
+ .
+ This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ GNU General Public License for more details.
+ .
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+ with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ .
+ On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public
+ License, version 3, can be found in the file
+ `/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-3'.
diff --git a/debian/gbp.conf b/debian/gbp.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6b65fe0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/gbp.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[DEFAULT]
+debian-branch = debian/latest
+upstream-branch = upstream/latest
+pristine-tar = True
diff --git a/debian/octave-instrument-control.doc-base b/debian/octave-instrument-control.doc-base
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eb8e53b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/octave-instrument-control.doc-base
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+Document: octave-instrument-control-manual
+Title: Octave Instrument Control Toolkit
+Author: John Donoghue
+Abstract: Documentation for the Instrument Control Package for GNU Octave
+Section: Science/Mathematics
+
+Format: PDF
+Files: /usr/share/doc/octave-instrument-control/instrument-control.pdf.gz
+
+Format: HTML
+Files: /usr/share/doc/octave-instrument-control/instrument-control.html
+Index: /usr/share/doc/octave-instrument-control/instrument-control.html
diff --git a/debian/octave-instrument-control.docs b/debian/octave-instrument-control.docs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..abd888e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/octave-instrument-control.docs
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+doc/instrument-control.html
+doc/instrument-control.pdf
diff --git a/debian/octave-instrument-control.info b/debian/octave-instrument-control.info
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0c226d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/octave-instrument-control.info
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+doc/instrument-control.info
diff --git a/debian/patches/add-info-dir.patch b/debian/patches/add-info-dir.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d524d44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/add-info-dir.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+Description: Add direntry and dircategory for the info document
+Author: Rafael Laboissière <rafael@debian.org>
+Forwarded: nhttps://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?65133
+Applied-Upstream: https://sourceforge.net/p/octave/instrument-control/ci/837d7beba9deeef6bd73af848948ee5b383e6827/
+Last-Update: 2024-01-06
+
+--- octave-instrument-control-0.9.2.orig/doc/instrument-control.texi
++++ octave-instrument-control-0.9.2/doc/instrument-control.texi
+@@ -63,6 +63,11 @@ To download a copy of the @acronym{GNU}
+ @end titlepage
+ @c %*** End of TITLEPAGE
+ 
++@dircategory Math
++@direntry
++* Octave Intrument Control: (instrument-control).          Instrument Control Toolkit for Octave
++@end direntry
++
+ @c %*** Start of BODY
+ @contents
+ @ifnottex
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d06935a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+xtest-in-unit-tests.patch
+xtest-resolvehost.patch
+add-info-dir.patch
diff --git a/debian/patches/xtest-in-unit-tests.patch b/debian/patches/xtest-in-unit-tests.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f4993ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/xtest-in-unit-tests.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+Description: Allow some problematic unit tests to fail
+Author: Rafael Laboissiere <rafael@debian.org>
+Forwarded: not-needed
+Last-Update: 2023-06-03
+
+--- octave-instrument-control-0.3.1.orig/inst/instrhwinfo.m
++++ octave-instrument-control-0.3.1/inst/instrhwinfo.m
+@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ endfunction
+ %! # could fail if no i2c ports or not configured
+ %! assert(!isempty(instrhwinfo("i2c")))
+ 
+-%!test
++%!xtest
+ %! p = pkg('describe', 'instrument-control');
+ %! hw = instrhwinfo ();
+ %! assert (hw.ToolboxVersion, p{1}.version)
+--- octave-instrument-control-0.3.1.orig/src/tcp/tcp.cc
++++ octave-instrument-control-0.3.1/src/tcp/tcp.cc
+@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ The tcp() shall return instance of @var{
+ }
+ 
+ #if 0
+-%!test
++%!xtest
+ %! addr = resolvehost ('gnu.org', 'address');
+ %! a = tcp (addr, 80);
+ %! assert (! isnull (a));
+@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ number of bytes currently available to r
+ %! assert (isa (a, 'octave_tcp'));
+ %! tcp_close (a);
+ 
+-%!test
++%!xtest
+ %! addr = resolvehost ('gnu.org', 'address');
+ %! a = tcp (addr, 80, 'name', 'test', 'timeout', 2.5);
+ %! assert (! isnull (a));
+--- octave-instrument-control-0.3.1.orig/src/tcp/tcp_close.cc
++++ octave-instrument-control-0.3.1/src/tcp/tcp_close.cc
+@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ Close the interface and release a file d
+ #endif
+ }
+ #if 0
+-%!test
++%!xtest
+ %! addr = resolvehost ('gnu.org', 'address');
+ %! a = tcp (addr, 80);
+ %! tcp_close (a);
+--- octave-instrument-control-0.3.1.orig/src/tcp/tcp_read.cc
++++ octave-instrument-control-0.3.1/src/tcp/tcp_read.cc
+@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ The tcp_read() shall return number of by
+ }
+ 
+ #if 0
+-%!test
++%!xtest
+ %! addr = resolvehost ('gnu.org', 'address');
+ %! a = tcp (addr, 80);
+ %! assert (! isnull (a));
+--- octave-instrument-control-0.3.1.orig/src/tcp/tcp_write.cc
++++ octave-instrument-control-0.3.1/src/tcp/tcp_write.cc
+@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ Upon successful completion, tcp_write()
+ 
+ %!error <Invalid call to tcp_write> tcp_write()
+ 
+-%!test
++%!xtest
+ %! addr = resolvehost ('gnu.org', 'address');
+ %! a = tcp (addr, 80);
+ %! # call HTTP HEAD
+--- octave-instrument-control-0.4.0.orig/inst/tcpip.m
++++ octave-instrument-control-0.4.0/inst/tcpip.m
+@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ function out = tcpip (varargin)
+ 
+ endfunction
+ 
+-%!test
++%!xtest
+ %! a = tcpip ("octave.org", 80);
+ %! assert(isa(a, "octave_tcp"));
+ %! fclose(a);
+--- octave-instrument-control-0.4.0.orig/src/tcp/__tcp_properties__.cc
++++ octave-instrument-control-0.4.0/src/tcp/__tcp_properties__.cc
+@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ Undocumented internal function.\n\
+ %!shared ip
+ %! ip = resolvehost("www.octave.org", "address");
+ 
+-%!test
++%!xtest
+ %! # test get
+ %! a = tcp (ip, 80);
+ %! assert (__tcp_properties__ (a,"type"), "tcp");
+@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ Undocumented internal function.\n\
+ %! tcp_close (a);
+ %! assert (__tcp_properties__ (a,"status"), "closed");
+ 
+-%!test
++%!xtest
+ %! # test set
+ %! a = tcp(ip, 80);
+ %! __tcp_properties__ (a, 'name', "mytest");
+@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ Undocumented internal function.\n\
+ %! fail ("__tcp_properties__ (a,'invalid', 1)", "invalid property name");
+ %! tcp_close (a);
+ 
+-%!test
++%!xtest
+ %! # test flush
+ %! a = tcp(ip, 80);
+ %! __tcp_properties__ (a, 'flush', 0);
+@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ Undocumented internal function.\n\
+ 
+ %!error <wrong number of arguments> __tcp_properties__ (1)
+ 
+-%!test
++%!xtest
+ %! a = tcp (ip, 80);
+ %! fail ("__tcp_properties__ (a, 'name', 'test', 0)", "wrong number of arguments");
+ %! tcp_close (a);
+--- octave-instrument-control-0.5.0.orig/src/tcp/tcp_timeout.cc
++++ octave-instrument-control-0.5.0/src/tcp/tcp_timeout.cc
+@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ If @var{timeout} parameter is omitted, t
+ }
+ 
+ #if 0
+-%!test
++%!xtest
+ %! addr = resolvehost ('gnu.org', 'address');
+ %! a = tcp (addr, 80);
+ %! assert(tcp_timeout(a), -1);
diff --git a/debian/patches/xtest-resolvehost.patch b/debian/patches/xtest-resolvehost.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e9d2160
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/xtest-resolvehost.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+Description: Do not fail when calling resolvehost in standalone system
+ This is necessary when there is no network access at package build
+ time.
+Author: Rafael Laboissière <rafael@debian.org>
+Forwarded: not-needed
+Last-Update: 2023-06-03
+
+--- octave-instrument-control-0.7.0.orig/src/tcp/__tcp_properties__.cc
++++ octave-instrument-control-0.7.0/src/tcp/__tcp_properties__.cc
+@@ -95,7 +95,11 @@ Undocumented internal function.\n\
+ }
+ #if 0
+ %!shared ip
+-%! ip = resolvehost("www.octave.org", "address");
++%! try
++%!   ip = resolvehost("www.octave.org", "address");
++%! catch
++%!   warning ("Network access is neede for running the unit tests.");
++%! end_try_catch
+ 
+ %!xtest
+ %! # test get
+--- octave-instrument-control-0.7.0.orig/src/tcpclient/__tcpclient_properties__.cc
++++ octave-instrument-control-0.7.0/src/tcpclient/__tcpclient_properties__.cc
+@@ -158,9 +158,13 @@ Undocumented internal function.\n\
+ }
+ #if 0
+ %!shared ip
+-%! ip = resolvehost("www.octave.org", "address");
++%! try
++%!   ip = resolvehost("www.octave.org", "address");
++%! catch
++%!   warning ("Network access is neede for running the unit tests.");
++%! end_try_catch
+ 
+-%!test
++%!xtest
+ %! # test get
+ %! a = tcpclient (ip, 80);
+ %! assert (__tcpclient_properties__ (a,"type"), "tcpclient");
+@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ Undocumented internal function.\n\
+ %! fail ("__tcpclient_properties__ (a,'invalid')", "invalid property name");
+ %! clear a
+ 
+-%!test
++%!xtest
+ %! # test set
+ %! a = tcpclient(ip, 80);
+ %! __tcpclient_properties__ (a, 'name', "mytest");
+@@ -180,7 +184,7 @@ Undocumented internal function.\n\
+ %! fail ("__tcpclient_properties__ (a,'invalid', 1)", "invalid property name");
+ %! clear a
+ 
+-%!test
++%!xtest
+ %! # test flush
+ %! a = tcpclient(ip, 80);
+ %! __tcpclient_properties__ (a, 'flush', 0);
+@@ -194,7 +198,7 @@ Undocumented internal function.\n\
+ 
+ %!error <wrong number of arguments> __tcpclient_properties__ (1)
+ 
+-%!test
++%!xtest
+ %! a = tcpclient (ip, 80);
+ %! fail ("__tcpclient_properties__ (a, 'name', 'test', 0)", "wrong number of arguments");
+ %! clear a
+--- octave-instrument-control-0.7.0.orig/src/tcpclient/__tcpclient_read__.cc
++++ octave-instrument-control-0.7.0/src/tcpclient/__tcpclient_read__.cc
+@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ Private function t read from tcpclient i
+ }
+ 
+ #if 0
+-%!test
++%!xtest
+ %! addr = resolvehost ('gnu.org', 'address');
+ %! a = tcpclient (addr, 80);
+ %! assert (! isnull (a));
+--- octave-instrument-control-0.7.0.orig/src/tcpclient/__tcpclient_write__.cc
++++ octave-instrument-control-0.7.0/src/tcpclient/__tcpclient_write__.cc
+@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ Upon successful completion, __tcpclient_
+ 
+ %!error <Invalid call to __tcpclient_write__> __tcpclient_write__()
+ 
+-%!test
++%!xtest
+ %! addr = resolvehost ('gnu.org', 'address');
+ %! a = tcpclient (addr, 80);;
+ %! # call HTTP HEAD
+--- octave-instrument-control-0.7.0.orig/src/tcpclient/tcpclient.cc
++++ octave-instrument-control-0.7.0/src/tcpclient/tcpclient.cc
+@@ -193,14 +193,14 @@ User data\n \
+ }
+ 
+ #if 0
+-%!test
++%!xtest
+ %! addr = resolvehost ('gnu.org', 'address');
+ %! a = tcpclient (addr, 80);
+ %! assert (! isnull (a));
+ %! assert (isa (a, 'octave_tcpclient'));
+ %! clear a
+ 
+-%!test
++%!xtest
+ %! addr = resolvehost ('gnu.org', 'address');
+ %! a = tcpclient (addr, 80, 'name', 'test', 'timeout', 2.5);
+ %! assert (! isnull (a));
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..4c1ce08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/usr/bin/make -f
+# -*- makefile -*-
+
+%:
+	dh $@ --buildsystem=octave
+
+ifeq (,$(filter nodoc,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
+override_dh_auto_build:
+	make -k docs || true
+endif
diff --git a/debian/source/format b/debian/source/format
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..163aaf8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/source/format
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+3.0 (quilt)
diff --git a/debian/source/lintian-overrides b/debian/source/lintian-overrides
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a52d8bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/source/lintian-overrides
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# The new official web site for the Octave-Forge packages is now
+# hosted at gnu-octave.github.io, even though the tarballs are
+# still distributed at SourceForge. In debian/watch, it is necessary
+# to explicitly indicate the links at downloads.sourceforge.net. This
+# is triggering a Lintian warning, but it is a false positive.
+octave-instrument-control source: debian-watch-lacks-sourceforge-redirector https://gnu-octave.github.io/packages/instrument-control/ https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/octave/Octave%20Forge%20Packages/Individual%20Package%20Releases/instrument-control-(.+).tar.gz [debian/watch:3]
+
+# The doc/instrument-control.html file, which is shipped in the
+# upstream tarball, is also built from file doc/octave-cfitsio.texi,
+# so the source is indeed present. Lintian is known to be
+# oversensitive in the source-is-missing check for HTML files (see
+# Bug#1019980).
+octave-instrument-control source: source-is-missing [doc/instrument-control.html]
diff --git a/debian/upstream/metadata b/debian/upstream/metadata
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0b6a590
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/upstream/metadata
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+Archive: SourceForge
+Bug-Database: https://octave.space/savannah/?Action=get&Format=HTMLCSS&Title=%5Boctave%20forge%5D%20%28instrument-control%29
+Bug-Submit: https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=additem&group=octave
+Repository: http://hg.code.sf.net/p/octave/instrument-control
+Repository-Browse: https://octave.sourceforge.io/pkg-repository/instrument-control/
+Changelog: https://sourceforge.net/p/octave/instrument-control/ci/default/tree/NEWS
+Documentation: https://octave.sourceforge.io/instrument-control/package_doc/
diff --git a/debian/watch b/debian/watch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aa67190
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/watch
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version=4
+https://gnu-octave.github.io/packages/instrument-control/ \
+  https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/octave/Octave%20Forge%20Packages/Individual%20Package%20Releases/instrument-control-(.+).tar.gz