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diff --git a/Hurd/BuildingHurd.mdwn b/Hurd/BuildingHurd.mdwn
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@@ -1,30 +1,48 @@
 # <a name="Building_the_Hurd_from_Source"> Building the Hurd from Source </a>
 
+If you want to build the Hurd libraries and servers (translators) yourself instead of just using pre-built binaries, follow these instructions.
+
 ## <a name="Getting_the_Source_Code"> Getting the Source Code </a>
 
 You can chose between getting the [sources from the developers's RCS](http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/download.html#cvs):
 
     $ cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.savannah.gnu.org:/sources/hurd co hurd
-    $ cd hurd
 
 ... or (if you are working on a Debian system) the ones that are used for the [current Debian hurd package](http://packages.debian.net/source/unstable/hurd):
 
-    $ apt-get source hurd       # Unpacks in hurd-YYYYMMDD
-    $ cd hurd-*
+    $ apt-get source hurd
 
 Please see [[Distrib/DebianFAQ]] before using _apt-get source_.
 
 The unpacked source tree is around 20MiB, and the build tree (configured with `--disable-profile`) is around 100MiB.
 
-## <a name="Building_the_Hurd"> Building the Hurd </a>
+## <a name="Preparing_for_the_Build"> Preparing for the Build </a>
 
-TODO: cross compiling.
+### <a name="_on_Debian_systems"> ... on Debian systems </a>
 
-Building the Hurd requires `build-essential`, `libc-dev` and `mig` packages:
+Building the Hurd requires the _build-essential_ and _fakeroot_ packages, their dependencies and additional packages that are specified by the source hurd package:
 
     # apt-get install build-essential fakeroot
     # apt-get build-dep hurd
 
+### <a name="_on_non_Debian_systems"> ... on non-Debian systems </a>
+
+[TODO]
+
+## <a name="Building"> Building </a>
+
+### <a name="_deb_files"> ... _.deb_ files </a>
+
+Change into the directory with the downloaded / unpacked Hurd sources, e.g.
+
+    $ cd hurd-[TODO]
+
+Start the build process with
+
+    $ dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc -b -rfakeroot
+
+### <a name="_TODO_"> [TODO] </a>
+
 The Hurd has to be built in a separate directory:
 
     $ mkdir build
@@ -49,6 +67,8 @@ If you just want to build a specific server or library, you can pass its name to
 
 This will automatically build all libraries that are required to build the requested server or library.
 
+### <a name="cross_compiling_"> cross compiling. </a>
+
 TODO: update.
 
 If you want to trace the RPC calls made by some process by using `rpctrace` command, you will also want some more human-readable output of this command. This is achieved by generating `hurd.msgids` file that includes the mapping between the number of the RPC call and its name: