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Required targets must not write outside of the unpacked source
package tree, except for TMPDIR, /tmp and /var/tmp.
+4.17
+ Packages should not contain a non-default series file. That is,
+ dpkg's vendor-specific patch series feature should not be used for
+ packages in the Debian archive.
+
10.1
Binaries should be stripped using
``strip --strip-unneeded --remove-section=.comment --remove-section=.note``