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diff --git a/gnu/packages/debian.scm b/gnu/packages/debian.scm
index f7bf37efff..1112a90a2e 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/debian.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/debian.scm
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
;;; Copyright © 2018 Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
;;; Copyright © 2018, 2020 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>
+;;; Copyright © 2020 Marius Bakke <marius@gnu.org>
;;;
;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
;;;
@@ -24,8 +25,10 @@
#:use-module (guix packages)
#:use-module (guix build-system gnu)
#:use-module (guix build-system trivial)
+ #:use-module (gnu packages autotools)
#:use-module (gnu packages base)
#:use-module (gnu packages compression)
+ #:use-module (gnu packages gettext)
#:use-module (gnu packages gnupg)
#:use-module (gnu packages wget)
#:use-module (gnu packages perl))
@@ -196,6 +199,46 @@ It does this by downloading .deb files from a mirror site, and carefully
unpacking them into a directory which can eventually be chrooted into.")
(license license:gpl2)))
+(define-public debianutils
+ (package
+ (name "debianutils")
+ (version "4.11")
+ (source (origin
+ (method git-fetch)
+ (uri (git-reference
+ (url "https://salsa.debian.org/debian/debianutils.git")
+ (commit (string-append "debian/" version))))
+ (file-name (git-file-name "debianutils" version))
+ (sha256
+ (base32
+ "1fmhzvymajack7kh8g4qjbwd9mq85z6rxl1psd1sm67s5695i9rc"))))
+ (build-system gnu-build-system)
+ (arguments
+ '(#:phases (modify-phases %standard-phases
+ (add-after 'bootstrap 'create-translations
+ (lambda _
+ (with-directory-excursion "po4a"
+ (invoke "po4a" "--no-backups" "po4a.conf"))
+ #t)))))
+ (native-inputs
+ `(("autoconf" ,autoconf)
+ ("automake" ,automake)
+ ("gettext" ,gettext-minimal)
+ ("po4a" ,po4a)))
+ (home-page "https://packages.debian.org/unstable/debianutils")
+ (synopsis "Miscellaneous shell utilities")
+ (description
+ "This package provides a number of utilities which are mostly for use
+in installation scripts of Debian packages. The programs included are
+@command{add-shell}, @command{installkernel}, @command{ischroot},
+@command{remove-shell}, @command{run-parts}, @command{savelog},
+@command{tempfile}, and @command{which}.")
+ (license (list license:gpl2+
+ ;; The 'savelog' program is distributed under a
+ ;; GPL-compatible copyleft license.
+ (license:fsf-free "file://debian/copyright"
+ "The SMAIL General Public License, see
+debian/copyright for more information.")))))
(define-public apt-mirror
(let ((commit "e664486a5d8947c2579e16dd793d762ea3de4202")