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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+#    Copyright (C) 2024  Luis Guzmán <ark@switnet.org>
+#
+#    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+#    (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#    GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#    along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+#    Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301 USA
+#
+
+# Placeholder helper, remove or update according latest removal policy on new distro.
+VERSION=0
+BUILD_UNTIL=12.0
+
+. ./config
+
+# Lower version and remove trisquel suffix to prevent update issues on further actions.
+export FULLVERSION="$(sed "s|trisquel$VERSION||" <<< $FULLVERSION)"
+new_build=$(( ${FULLVERSION: -1} - 1 ))
+export FULLVERSION=("${FULLVERSION%?}$new_build")
+
+# Deprecated helper
+## if required then add patch.
+#patch_p1 $DATA/define_trisquel_for_i386.patch
+
+# Custom changelog.
+changelog(){
+head -n 1 debian/changelog | grep -q $UPSTREAM-security && REPO=$CODENAME-security || REPO=$CODENAME
+[ "$SECURITY" = true ] && REPO=${CODENAME}-security
+[ "$BACKPORT" = true ] || [ "$BACKPORTS" = true ] && REPO=${CODENAME}-backports
+echo | dch -b -D $REPO -v $FULLVERSION "$1"
+# Make sure the changelog file is identical between archs
+/bin/sed "/-- Trisquel/s/.*/ -- Trisquel GNU\/Linux developers <trisquel-devel@listas.trisquel.info>  $DATE/" -i debian/changelog
+}
+
+changelog "Set lower version on placeholder package."
+
+package