datatar = build_path("data.tar.xz")
        compression = "-J"
      else
        raise FPM::InvalidPackageConfiguration,
          "Unknown compression type '#{self.attributes[:deb_compression]}'"
    end

    # Write the changelog file
    dest_changelog = File.join(staging_path, "usr/share/doc/#{name}/changelog.Debian.gz")
    FileUtils.mkdir_p(File.dirname(dest_changelog))
    File.new(dest_changelog, "wb", 0644).tap do |changelog|
      Zlib::GzipWriter.new(changelog, Zlib::BEST_COMPRESSION).tap do |changelog_gz|
        if attributes[:deb_changelog]
          @logger.info("Writing user-specified changelog", :source => attributes[:deb_changelog])
          File.new(attributes[:deb_changelog]).tap do |fd|
            chunk = nil
            # Ruby 1.8.7 doesn't have IO#copy_stream
            changelog_gz.write(chunk) while chunk = fd.read(16384)
          end.close
        else
          @logger.info("Creating boilerplate changelog file")
          changelog_gz.write(template("deb/changelog.erb").result(binding))
        end
      end.close
    end # No need to close, GzipWriter#close will close it.

    attributes.fetch(:deb_init_list, []).each do |init|
      name = File.basename(init, ".init")
      dest_init = File.join(staging_path, "etc/init.d/#{name}")
      FileUtils.mkdir_p(File.dirname(dest_init))
      FileUtils.cp init, dest_init
      File.chmod(0755, dest_init)

<%= name %> (<%= "#{epoch}:" if epoch %><%= version %><%= "-" + iteration.to_s if iteration %>) whatever; urgency=medium

  * Package created with FPM.

 -- <%= maintainer %>[two spaces]  <%= Time.now.strftime("%a, %d %b %Y %T %z") %>