diff -Nru uaputl-1.12/debian/changelog uaputl-1.12/debian/changelog
--- uaputl-1.12/debian/changelog	2011-11-15 18:22:37.000000000 +0000
+++ uaputl-1.12/debian/changelog	2011-11-16 00:49:03.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-uaputl (1.12-1ubuntu1) precise; urgency=low
+uaputl (1.12-2) unstable; urgency=low
 
-  * debian/rules: override dh_auto_build to explicitly set INSTALLDIR to the
-    absolute path to the debian/tmp directory we want to use to install files.
+  * work around Makefile's inappropriate use of ../.., which breask builds in
+    some chroot environments, closes: #648875
 
- -- Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre <mathieu-tl@ubuntu.com>  Tue, 15 Nov 2011 13:21:17 -0500
+ -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>  Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:48:50 -0600
 
 uaputl (1.12-1) unstable; urgency=low
 
diff -Nru uaputl-1.12/debian/control uaputl-1.12/debian/control
--- uaputl-1.12/debian/control	2011-11-15 18:21:52.000000000 +0000
+++ uaputl-1.12/debian/control	2011-11-16 00:49:03.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 Source: uaputl
 Section: net
 Priority: optional
-Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com>
-XSBC-Original-Maintainer: Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
+Maintainer: Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
 Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 8.0.0)
 Standards-Version: 3.9.2
 Vcs-Git: git://git.gag.com/debian/uaputl
diff -Nru uaputl-1.12/debian/rules uaputl-1.12/debian/rules
--- uaputl-1.12/debian/rules	2011-11-15 19:10:36.000000000 +0000
+++ uaputl-1.12/debian/rules	2011-11-16 00:49:03.000000000 +0000
@@ -6,12 +6,11 @@
 # dh-make output file, you may use that output file without restriction.
 # This special exception was added by Craig Small in version 0.37 of dh-make.
 
-# Uncomment this to turn on verbose mode.
-#export DH_VERBOSE=1
+export DH_VERBOSE=1
+
+override_dh_auto_build:
+	install -d $(CURDIR)/debian/uaputl
+	INSTALLDIR=$(CURDIR)/debian/uaputl dh_auto_build
 
 %:
 	dh $@ 
-
-override_dh_auto_build:
-	install -d $(CURDIR)/debian/tmp
-	INSTALLDIR=$(CURDIR)/debian/tmp dh_auto_build