diff --git a/debian/source/options b/debian/source/options
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index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..7118ebb14f5100e5db6e3fbb300ff1816ad66098
--- /dev/null
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+# don't pack some non-free and generated files for Debian
+--extend-diff-ignore=rfc4627\.txt|www-data/ycsb
+