Building .debs without debian policy/code infections

Makefile

DEBDIR=deb-build
create-package-deb: pre-create-package VERSION xdo_version.h
  [ -d $(DEBDIR) ] && rm -r $(DEBDIR)
  $(MAKE) install DESTDIR=$(DEBDIR) PREFIX=/usr INSTALLMAN=/usr/share/man
  $(MAKE) create-package-deb-xdotool

# Package 'xdotool*.deb'
create-package-deb-xdotool: $(DEBDIR)/usr $(DEBDIR)/xdotool
  $(MAKE) $(DEBDIR)/xdotool/data.tar.gz $(DEBDIR)/xdotool/control.tar.gz \
          $(DEBDIR)/xdotool/debian-binary
  cd $(DEBDIR)/xdotool; \
  ar -qc xdotool_$(VERSION)-1_$(shell uname -m).deb \
    debian-binary \
    data.tar.gz \
    control.tar.gz

$(DEBDIR)/xdotool:
  mkdir -p $@

$(DEBDIR)/xdotool/debian-binary:
  echo "2.0" > $(DEBDIR)/xdotool/debian-binary

$(DEBDIR)/xdotool/data.tar.gz: $(DEBDIR)/xdotool
  tar -C $(DEBDIR) -zcf $(DEBDIR)/xdotool/data.tar.gz usr/bin/xdotool

$(DEBDIR)/xdotool/control: $(DEBDIR)/xdotool
  sed -e 's/%VERSION%/$(VERSION)/g; s/%MAJOR%/$(MAJOR)/' ext/debian/xdotool.control > $@

$(DEBDIR)/xdotool/md5sums: $(DEBDIR)/xdotool $(DEBDIR)/xdotool/data.tar.gz
  tar -ztf $(DEBDIR)/xdotool/data.tar.gz | (cd $(DEBDIR); xargs md5sum) > $@

$(DEBDIR)/xdotool/control.tar.gz: $(DEBDIR)/xdotool/control $(DEBDIR)/xdotool/md5sums
  tar -C $(DEBDIR)/xdotool -zcf $(DEBDIR)/xdotool/control.tar.gz control md5sums