take the easy way out and just create the directory before trying to use it,

[debian/uaputl] / debian / rules

diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 2ef0bf0949cc545af73001de40c543f36d9ed7c9..0c3df263b197965252904ef2c10be8cc2d235d22 100755 (executable)
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 export DH_VERBOSE=1
 
 override_dh_auto_build:
+       install -d $(CURDIR)/debian/uaputl
        INSTALLDIR=$(CURDIR)/debian/uaputl dh_auto_build
 
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