diff --git a/packaging/debian/debian/compat b/packaging/debian/debian/compat
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index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..7f8f011eb73d6043d2e6db9d2c101195ae2801f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/debian/debian/compat
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