Adding files to a package...

[Greg Kiyomi <gregkiyomi@digitaljunkies.ca>]

Hello,

I'm attempting to create a package from upstream source and I'm 
wondering how to add a file to the package that is not included in the 
source (e.g. a config file in /etc or a missing man page).

Do I have to  add the files in the source itself (something I'd rather 
not do as my C programming skills are very limited),  in the Makefile 
somewhere (again, my knowledge of these is slim) or is there a way to 
include the file in the 'debian' directory and then point to it from 
somewhere (similar to the method for including init.d scripts and 
logrotate.d scripts perhaps).

I have tried putting the file in the debian directory in the correct 
path but it gets overwritten when I run dpkg-buildpackage.

Thanks in advance,
-Greg.