diff -Nru debirf-0.32/debian/changelog debirf-0.33/debian/changelog
--- debirf-0.32/debian/changelog	2011-12-05 21:32:14.000000000 +0000
+++ debirf-0.33/debian/changelog	2012-09-07 20:01:56.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,23 @@
+debirf (0.33) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  [ Jameson Rollins ]
+  * fix comments about default suite in example config files.  Thanks,
+    Simon Elsbrock!  (Closes: #656138)
+  
+  [ Matt Taggart ]
+  * ddrescue was dropped in favor of gddrescue (Closes: #685138)
+  
+  [ Daniel Kahn Gillmor ]
+  * removed scsitools from rescue module due to maintainer script breakage
+    under fakechroot (see #686881)
+  * work around flakey insserv under debootstrap --variant=fakechroot (see
+    #686965)
+  * the above two changes suffice to: (Closes: #655555)
+  * debian/changelog: bumped Standards-Version to 3.9.3 (no changes needed)
+  * only provisionally install smp-utils, since it was introduced in wheezy.
+
+ -- Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg@fifthhorseman.net>  Fri, 07 Sep 2012 16:01:51 -0400
+
 debirf (0.32) unstable; urgency=low
 
   [ Daniel Kahn Gillmor ]
diff -Nru debirf-0.32/debian/control debirf-0.33/debian/control
--- debirf-0.32/debian/control	2011-12-05 21:32:14.000000000 +0000
+++ debirf-0.33/debian/control	2012-09-07 19:10:40.000000000 +0000
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 Maintainer: Jameson Graef Rollins <jrollins@finestructure.net>
 Uploaders: Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg@fifthhorseman.net>
 Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 7.0)
-Standards-Version: 3.9.2
+Standards-Version: 3.9.3
 Homepage: http://cmrg.fifthhorseman.net/wiki/debirf
 Vcs-Git: git://finestructure.net/debirf
 Dm-Upload-Allowed: yes
diff -Nru debirf-0.32/doc/example-profiles/minimal/debirf.conf debirf-0.33/doc/example-profiles/minimal/debirf.conf
--- debirf-0.32/doc/example-profiles/minimal/debirf.conf	2011-03-22 21:43:50.000000000 +0000
+++ debirf-0.33/doc/example-profiles/minimal/debirf.conf	2012-09-07 18:49:13.000000000 +0000
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
 #
 #DEBIRF_BUILDD=
 
-# What suite should be used?  On Ubuntu systems the default it
-# "karmic", otherwise the default is "squeeze".
+# What suite should be used?  The default is determined by
+# lsb_release, and falls back to "sid".
 #
 #DEBIRF_SUITE=
 
diff -Nru debirf-0.32/doc/example-profiles/rescue/debirf.conf debirf-0.33/doc/example-profiles/rescue/debirf.conf
--- debirf-0.32/doc/example-profiles/rescue/debirf.conf	2011-03-22 21:43:50.000000000 +0000
+++ debirf-0.33/doc/example-profiles/rescue/debirf.conf	2012-09-07 18:49:13.000000000 +0000
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
 #
 #DEBIRF_BUILDD=
 
-# What suite should be used?  On Ubuntu systems the default it
-# "karmic", otherwise the default is "squeeze".
+# What suite should be used?  The default is determined by
+# lsb_release, and falls back to "sid".
 #
 #DEBIRF_SUITE=
 
diff -Nru debirf-0.32/doc/example-profiles/xkiosk/debirf.conf debirf-0.33/doc/example-profiles/xkiosk/debirf.conf
--- debirf-0.32/doc/example-profiles/xkiosk/debirf.conf	2011-03-22 21:43:50.000000000 +0000
+++ debirf-0.33/doc/example-profiles/xkiosk/debirf.conf	2012-09-07 18:49:13.000000000 +0000
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
 #
 #DEBIRF_BUILDD=
 
-# What suite should be used?  On Ubuntu systems the default it
-# "karmic", otherwise the default is "squeeze".
+# What suite should be used?  The default is determined by
+# lsb_release, and falls back to "sid".
 #
 #DEBIRF_SUITE=
 
diff -Nru debirf-0.32/src/modules/a0_prep-root debirf-0.33/src/modules/a0_prep-root
--- debirf-0.32/src/modules/a0_prep-root	2011-12-05 21:32:14.000000000 +0000
+++ debirf-0.33/src/modules/a0_prep-root	2012-09-07 18:22:35.000000000 +0000
@@ -65,3 +65,6 @@
 # update/upgrade
 debirf_exec apt-get --yes --force-yes update
 debirf_exec apt-get --yes --force-yes upgrade
+
+# work around http://bugs.debian.org/686965
+debirf_exec sh -c 'cd /etc/init.d && insserv $(ls | grep -vFx -e rc -e rcS -e skeleton -e README)'
diff -Nru debirf-0.32/src/modules/rescue debirf-0.33/src/modules/rescue
--- debirf-0.32/src/modules/rescue	2011-12-05 21:32:14.000000000 +0000
+++ debirf-0.33/src/modules/rescue	2012-09-07 19:57:59.000000000 +0000
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
  blktool \
  bonnie++ \
  cryptsetup \
- ddrescue \
+ gddrescue \
  dosfstools \
  e2tools \
  e2undel \
@@ -55,11 +55,9 @@
  recover \
  screen \
  scrub \
- scsitools \
  sdparm \
  sg3-utils \
  smartmontools \
- smp-utils \
  testdisk \
  testdisk \
  tofrodos \
@@ -73,6 +71,11 @@
 
 debirf_exec apt-get --no-install-recommends --assume-yes install partimage || true
 
+# smp-utils was introduced only in wheezy, so we should be able to
+# build a rescue image without it (e.g. a squeeze system):
+
+debirf_exec apt-get --no-install-recommends --assume-yes install  smp-utils || true
+
 # let's try some different configurations of uboot-related tools, since the
 # package names seem to be in flux right now: