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+#!/usr/bin/perl -w
+#
+# Debhelper version check.
+
+BEGIN { push @INC, "debian", "/usr/lib/debhelper" }
+use Dh_Lib;
+use Dh_Version; # contains the version number of debhelper.
+init();
+
+my($compare, $ver);
+
+if ($#ARGV > 0) {
+	$compare=shift;
+	$ver=shift;
+}
+elsif ($#ARGV eq 0) {
+	$compare=">=";
+	$ver=shift;
+}
+
+if (defined $compare and defined $ver) {
+	system('dpkg','--compare-versions',$Dh_Version::version,$compare,$ver) == 0 ||
+		error("debhelper version $Dh_Version::version is installed, but a version $compare $ver is needed to build this package.");
+}