diff --git a/debian/patches/0001-add-.so-deps.patch b/debian/patches/0001-add-.so-deps.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..51f243c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/0001-add-.so-deps.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+From: Michael Davidsaver <mdavidsaver@gmail.com>
+Date: Tue, 17 May 2016 14:41:52 -0400
+Subject: add .so deps
+
+---
+ caPutLogApp/Makefile | 2 ++
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/caPutLogApp/Makefile b/caPutLogApp/Makefile
+index 005c1b5..6f70e63 100644
+--- a/caPutLogApp/Makefile
++++ b/caPutLogApp/Makefile
+@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ caPutLog_SRCS += caPutLogClient.c
+ caPutLog_SRCS += caPutLog.c
+ caPutLog_SRCS += caPutLogShellCommands.c
+ 
++caPutLog_LIBS += $(EPICS_BASE_IOC_LIBS)
++
+ # API for the IOC
+ INC = caPutLog.h
+ 
diff --git a/debian/patches/0002-quiet-warning-about-int-void-int.patch b/debian/patches/0002-quiet-warning-about-int-void-int.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7d2491c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/0002-quiet-warning-about-int-void-int.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+From: Michael Davidsaver <mdavidsaver@bnl.gov>
+Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2015 15:53:33 -0400
+Subject: quiet warning about int -> void* -> int
+
+Not a problem in this case.
+---
+ caPutLogApp/caPutLogTask.c | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/caPutLogApp/caPutLogTask.c b/caPutLogApp/caPutLogTask.c
+index fbb9e94..95e8602 100644
+--- a/caPutLogApp/caPutLogTask.c
++++ b/caPutLogApp/caPutLogTask.c
+@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ void caPutLogTaskSend(LOGDATA *plogData)
+ static void caPutLogTask(void *arg)
+ {
+     int sent = FALSE, burst = FALSE;
+-    int config = (size_t)arg;
++    int config = (int)(size_t)arg;
+     LOGDATA *pcurrent, *pnext;
+     VALUE old_value, max_value, min_value;
+     VALUE *pold=&old_value, *pmax=&max_value, *pmin=&min_value;
diff --git a/debian/patches/0003-print-config-option-on-startup.patch b/debian/patches/0003-print-config-option-on-startup.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..31390e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/0003-print-config-option-on-startup.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+From: Michael Davidsaver <mdavidsaver@bnl.gov>
+Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2015 15:50:22 -0400
+Subject: print config option on startup
+
+---
+ caPutLogApp/caPutLog.c | 17 +++++++++++++++--
+ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/caPutLogApp/caPutLog.c b/caPutLogApp/caPutLog.c
+index 7573f7a..ebbaa6a 100644
+--- a/caPutLogApp/caPutLog.c
++++ b/caPutLogApp/caPutLog.c
+@@ -69,9 +69,22 @@ int epicsShareAPI caPutLogInit (const char *addr_str, int config)
+ {
+     int status;
+ 
+-    if (config == caPutLogNone) {
++    switch(config) {
++    case caPutLogNone:
++        printf("caPutLogInit config: Disabled\n");
+         return caPutLogSuccess;
+-        errlogSevPrintf(errlogInfo, "caPutLog: disabled\n");
++    case caPutLogOnChange:
++        printf("caPutLogInit config: OnChange\n");
++        break;
++    case caPutLogAll:
++        printf("caPutLogInit config: All\n");
++        break;
++    case caPutLogAllNoFilter:
++        printf("caPutLogInit config: AllNoFilter\n");
++        break;
++    default:
++        printf("caPutLogInit config: Unknown (must be -1, 0, 1, or 2)\n");
++        return caPutLogError;
+     }
+ 
+     status = caPutLogClientInit(addr_str);
diff --git a/debian/patches/0004-no-docs-testing.patch b/debian/patches/0004-no-docs-testing.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a02f5b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/0004-no-docs-testing.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+From: Michael Davidsaver <mdavidsaver@bnl.gov>
+Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2012 14:08:31 -0500
+Subject: no docs testing
+
+---
+ docs/Makefile | 2 ++
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/docs/Makefile b/docs/Makefile
+index 35054e2..bbea1b6 100644
+--- a/docs/Makefile
++++ b/docs/Makefile
+@@ -174,3 +174,5 @@ doctest:
+ 	      "results in $(BUILDDIR)/doctest/output.txt."
+ 
+ endif
++
++runtests:
diff --git a/debian/patches/0005-Modify-RELEASE-file-for-Debian.patch b/debian/patches/0005-Modify-RELEASE-file-for-Debian.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8b05884
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/0005-Modify-RELEASE-file-for-Debian.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+From: Martin Konrad <konrad@frib.msu.edu>
+Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2019 10:36:25 -0400
+Subject: Modify RELEASE file for Debian
+
+---
+ configure/RELEASE | 4 +---
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/configure/RELEASE b/configure/RELEASE
+index 6da09f1..ba647a5 100644
+--- a/configure/RELEASE
++++ b/configure/RELEASE
+@@ -18,9 +18,7 @@ TEMPLATE_TOP=$(EPICS_BASE)/templates/makeBaseApp/top
+ #SNCSEQ=$(EPICS_BASE)/../modules/soft/seq
+ 
+ # EPICS_BASE usually appears last so other apps can override stuff:
+-#EPICS_BASE=/srv/csr/Epics/sumo/build/BASE/R3-14-12-5-bessy3+BII-093
+-EPICS_BASE=/home/franksen/ctl/epics/base/base-3.15.2
+-#EPICS_BASE=/home/franksen/ctl/epics/base/int64a
++EPICS_BASE=/usr/lib/epics
+ 
+ #Capfast users may need the following definitions
+ #CAPFAST_TEMPLATES=
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cb97514
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+0001-add-.so-deps.patch
+0002-quiet-warning-about-int-void-int.patch
+0003-print-config-option-on-startup.patch
+0004-no-docs-testing.patch
+0005-Modify-RELEASE-file-for-Debian.patch