Use standard Makefile from makedeb, and associated refactoring

.gitignore

 debs/*.deb
+*.deb

00README

@@ -8,9 +8,8 @@ $ git pull
 # make whatever edits you want to make
 
 # assuming you then want to build a deb which incorporates your changes..
-bump the version in ./ROOT/DEBIAN/control
-$ make # builds new deb in ./debs/
-$ make upload $ scps deb to downloads and updates repo indexes
+$ make build # builds new deb in ./
+$ make upload # scps deb to downloads and updates repo indexes
 
 # commit changes 
 git add .

Makefile

-# To build a debian package
-
-PKG:=$(shell grep ^Package: ROOT/DEBIAN/control | awk ' { print $$2 } ')
-VER:=$(shell grep ^Version: ROOT/DEBIAN/control | awk ' { print $$2 } ')
-ARC:=$(shell grep ^Architecture ROOT/DEBIAN/control | awk ' { print $$2 } ')
-
-deb: debs/${PKG}_${VER}_${ARC}.deb
-
-debs/${PKG}_${VER}_${ARC}.deb:
-	fakeroot dpkg-deb -b ROOT/ debs/${PKG}_${VER}_${ARC}.deb
-
-upload: debs/${PKG}_${VER}_${ARC}.deb
-	scp debs/${PKG}_${VER}_${ARC}.deb root@downloads.ch.private.cam.ac.uk:/tmp/
-	ssh -l root downloads.ch.private.cam.ac.uk "make -C /var/www/local-debs/ debtodist-xenial DEB=/tmp/${PKG}_${VER}_${ARC}.deb"
-	ssh -l root downloads.ch.private.cam.ac.uk "make -C /var/www/local-debs/ debtodist-jessie DEB=/tmp/${PKG}_${VER}_${ARC}.deb"
-	ssh -l root downloads.ch.private.cam.ac.uk "make -C /var/www/local-debs/ debtodist-wheezy DEB=/tmp/${PKG}_${VER}_${ARC}.deb"
-	ssh -l root downloads.ch.private.cam.ac.uk "rm /tmp/${PKG}_${VER}_${ARC}.deb"
-
-.PHONY: deb upload

Makefile

+../makedeb/Makefile
\ No newline at end of file