diff --git a/distrib/linux/.gitignore b/distrib/linux/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..22827937e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/distrib/linux/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+launch-doomsday
+
diff --git a/distrib/platform_release.py b/distrib/platform_release.py
index f27988d922..aad237a6b5 100644
--- a/distrib/platform_release.py
+++ b/distrib/platform_release.py
@@ -210,10 +210,10 @@ def win_release():
         
 """The Linux release procedure."""
 def linux_release():
-    os.chdir(WORK_DIR)
+    os.chdir(LAUNCH_DIR)
     
     # Generate a launcher script.
-    f = file('launch-doomsday', 'wt')
+    f = file('linux/launch-doomsday', 'wt')
     print >> f, """#!/usr/bin/python
 import os, sys
 os.chdir('/usr/share/doomsday/snowberry')
@@ -222,15 +222,24 @@ def linux_release():
 import snowberry"""
     f.close()
     
-    if os.system('cmake -D SYSTEMARCH=`dpkg --print-architecture`' + 
-                 ' -D DOOMSDAY_VERSION=' + DOOMSDAY_VERSION + 
-                 ' -D DOOMSDAY_BUILD=' + DOOMSDAY_BUILD +
-                 ' -D DOOMSDAY_BUILD_TEXT="' + DOOMSDAY_BUILD_NUMBER + '"' +
-                 ' -D CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr ../../doomsday && fakeroot make package'):
+    def clean_products():
+        # Remove previously build deb packages.
+        os.system('rm -f ../doomsday*.deb ../doomsday*.changes ../doomsday*.tar.gz ../doomsday*.dsc')
+        
+    clean_products()
+       
+    #if os.system('cmake -D SYSTEMARCH=`dpkg --print-architecture`' + 
+    #             ' -D DOOMSDAY_VERSION=' + DOOMSDAY_VERSION + 
+    #             ' -D DOOMSDAY_BUILD=' + DOOMSDAY_BUILD +
+    #             ' -D DOOMSDAY_BUILD_TEXT="' + DOOMSDAY_BUILD_NUMBER + '"' +
+    #             ' -D CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr ../../doomsday && fakeroot make package'):
+    if os.system('linux/gencontrol.sh && dpkg-buildpackage -b'):
         raise Exception("Failure to build from source.")
         
     # Place the result in the output directory.
-    shutil.copy(glob.glob('doomsday*deb')[0], OUTPUT_DIR) 
+    shutil.copy(glob.glob('../doomsday*.deb')[0], OUTPUT_DIR)
+    shutil.copy(glob.glob('../doomsday*.changes')[0], OUTPUT_DIR)  
+    clean_products()
            
 
 def main():
diff --git a/doomsday/engine/engine.pro b/doomsday/engine/engine.pro
index b78e267a6d..a6bd7e2a4f 100644
--- a/doomsday/engine/engine.pro
+++ b/doomsday/engine/engine.pro
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ win32 {
 DEFINES += __DOOMSDAY__
 
 !isEmpty(DENG_BUILD) {
-    echo(DENG_BUILD $$DENG_BUILD)
+    echo(Build number: $$DENG_BUILD)
     DEFINES += DOOMSDAY_BUILD_TEXT=\\\"$$DENG_BUILD\\\"
 } else {
     echo(DENG_BUILD is not defined.)