diff -u mh-book-200605/debian/rules mh-book-200605/debian/rules
--- mh-book-200605/debian/rules
+++ mh-book-200605/debian/rules
@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@
 # Uncomment this to turn on verbose mode.
 #export DH_VERBOSE=1
 
-# This is the debhelper compatability version to use.
-export DH_COMPAT=4
-
 build:
 
 clean:
@@ -34,7 +31,7 @@
 	dh_installchangelogs 
 	dh_link
 	dh_strip
-	gzip -9 debian/mh-book/usr/share/doc/mh-book/changelog.Debian
+	gzip -9n debian/mh-book/usr/share/doc/mh-book/changelog.Debian
 	dh_fixperms
 	chmod +x debian/mh-book/usr/share/doc/mh-book/examples/mh/bin/*
 	chmod +x debian/mh-book/usr/share/doc/mh-book/examples/xmh/bin/*
diff -u mh-book-200605/debian/changelog mh-book-200605/debian/changelog
--- mh-book-200605/debian/changelog
+++ mh-book-200605/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+mh-book (200605-2) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * Bumped Standards-Version to 3.9.8
+  * Bug fix: "Removal of debhelper compat 4", thanks to
+    niels@thykier.net; (Closes: #817583). Created debian/compat with 9.
+  * Bug fix: "please make the build reproducible", thanks to Chris Lamb
+    (Closes: #777408). Added -n to gzip.
+
+ -- Peter S Galbraith <psg@debian.org>  Sat, 05 Nov 2016 17:01:38 -0400
+
 mh-book (200605-1) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * New upstream release.
diff -u mh-book-200605/debian/control mh-book-200605/debian/control
--- mh-book-200605/debian/control
+++ mh-book-200605/debian/control
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 Section: doc
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Peter S Galbraith <psg@debian.org>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>> 4.0.0)
-Standards-Version: 3.7.2
+Build-Depends: debhelper
+Standards-Version: 3.9.8
 
 Package: mh-book
 Architecture: all
only in patch2:
unchanged:
--- mh-book-200605.orig/debian/compat
+++ mh-book-200605/debian/compat
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+9