diff --git a/build-debs b/build-debs
deleted file mode 100755
index 78ef1b0b6..000000000
--- a/build-debs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-# Accepts directories to build packages from on the commandline, but defaults
-# to building: perl-xCAT and xCAT-client
-
-major=`cat Version`
-lintian="" # TODO: lintian fails currently
-#lintian="--svn-lintian"
-
-if [ "$1" = "-s" ]; then
-  shift
-  snap=true
-  date="$( date +'%F' )"
-  version="$major-snapshot-$( date +'%Y%m%d' )"
-fi
-
-packages="${@:-perl-xCAT xCAT-client}"
-
-for pkg in $packages; do
-  mkdir -p debs/$pkg
-  echo "*** Building Debian package for $pkg."
-  cd $pkg
-  if $snap; then
-    debchange --distribution unstable --newversion $version "snapshot of $pkg from $date"
-  fi
-  svn-buildpackage --svn-ignore $lintian --svn-move-to=../debs/$pkg
-  cd -
-done
diff --git a/build-debs-all b/build-debs-all
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..ddebc60cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build-debs-all
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+###########
+#
+# This script call make<package>deb and create the deb packages
+# for xCAT
+#
+# Author: Leonardo Tonetto <tonetto@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
+# Revisor: Adalberto Medeiros <adalbas@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
+#
+# Input:
+#
+# $1 is the build type/location
+# $2 is the string added to the debian/changelog of each package
+# 
+############
+
+##############
+# Get input
+##############
+
+PKG_LOCATION=$1                       # local | snap | alpha
+if [ -z $PKG_LOCATION ]; then
+	PKG_LOCATION="local"
+fi
+BUILD_STRING=$2
+if [ -z $BUILD_STRING ]; then
+	BUILD_STRING="Personal Build"
+fi
+XCAT_VERSION=`cat Version`
+TRUNK_REVISION=`svnversion | cut -d ":" -f1`
+CUR_DATE=`date +%Y%m%d`
+VERSION="$XCAT_VERSION$PKG_LOCATION-rev$TRUNK_REVISION-$CUR_DATE"
+
+function makedeb {
+	SRC_ROOT=$1
+	PKG_LOCATION=$2
+	BUILD_STRING=$3
+	VERSION=$4
+
+	#
+	# Make DEBs
+	#
+	# build perl-xCAT - deps are libsoap-lite-perl, libdigest-sha1-perl, libdbi-perl
+	#
+
+	find $SRC_ROOT -maxdepth 2 -name debian -type d | while read DEBIAN_DIR
+	do
+        	DIR=`echo ${DEBIAN_DIR} | sed -e 's/[/]debian$//'`
+        	cd ${DIR}
+		dch -v $VERSION -c debian/changelog "$BUILD_STRING"
+        	dpkg-buildpackage
+		cd -
+        	RC=$?
+        	if [ ${RC} -gt 0 ]
+        	then
+                	echo "Warning: ${DEBIAN_DIR} failed exit code ${RC}"
+        	fi
+	done
+
+	#	
+	# Clean up
+	#
+	# Eliminate unnecessary directories and debian/files made by dpgk-buildpakcage
+
+	find $SRC_ROOT -maxdepth 3 -type d -name "xcat-*" | grep debian | xargs rm -rf	
+	find $SRC_ROOT -maxdepth 3 -type f -name "files" | grep debian | xargs rm -f
+}
+
+# build all debian packages
+makedeb xCAT-client $PKG_LOCATION "$BUILD_STRING" $VERSION
+makedeb xCAT-nbroot $PKG_LOCATION "$BUILD_STRING" $VERSION
+makedeb perl-xCAT $PKG_LOCATION "$BUILD_STRING" $VERSION
+makedeb xCAT-server $PKG_LOCATION "$BUILD_STRING" $VERSION
+makedeb xCAT-UI $PKG_LOCATION "$BUILD_STRING" $VERSION
+makedeb xCAT $PKG_LOCATION "$BUILD_STRING" $VERSION
+makedeb xCATsn $PKG_LOCATION "$BUILD_STRING" $VERSION
+makedeb xCAT-test $PKG_LOCATION "$BUILD_STRING" $VERSION
+
+if [ -d debs ]; then
+	rm -rf debs
+fi
+
+mkdir debs
+mv xcat* debs/
+mv perl-xcat* debs/
+
+echo $VERSION > latest_version
+
+exit 0
diff --git a/build-ubunturepo b/build-ubunturepo
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..750ea4bf7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build-ubunturepo
@@ -0,0 +1,215 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# Update GSA Ubuntu Repositories or create a local repository
+#
+# Author: Leonardo Tonetto (tonetto@linux.vnet.ibm.com)
+#
+# After running this script, add the following line to
+# /etc/apt/sources.list for local repository
+# deb file://<core_repo_path>/xcat-core/ maverick main
+# 
+
+a_flag=            # automatic flag - only update if repo was updated
+c_flag=            # xcat-core (trunk-delvel) path
+d_flag=            # xcat-dep (trunk) path
+u_flag=            # gsa user-id
+p_flag=            # gsa passwd
+local_flag=        # build the repository localy
+
+while getopts 'c:d:u:p:l:a' OPTION
+do
+    case $OPTION in
+	c)    c_flag=1
+	        xcat_core_path="$OPTARG"
+	        ;;
+	d)    d_flag=1
+	        xcat_dep_path="$OPTARG"
+	        ;;
+	u)    u_flag=1
+	        gsa_id="$OPTARG"
+	        ;;
+	p)    p_flag=1
+	        gsa_passwd="$OPTARG"
+	        ;;
+	l)    local_flag=1
+	        local_repo_path="$OPTARG"
+	        ;;
+	a)    a_flag=1
+	        ;;
+
+	?) printf "Usage: %s -c <core_trunk_path> [-d <dep_trunk_path>] { -l <local-repo_path> | [-u <gsa_id> -p <gsa_passwd>] } [-a]\n" $(basename $0) >&2
+	    echo "-a        Automatic: update only if there's any update on repo"
+	    exit 2
+	    ;;
+    esac
+done
+shift $(($OPTIND - 1))
+
+if [ -z "$c_flag" ]
+then
+    printf "Usage: %s -c <core_trunk_path> [-d <dep_trunk_path>] { -l <local-repo_path> | [-u <gsa_id> -p <gsa_passwd>] } [-a]\n" $(basename $0) >&2
+    echo "-a        Automatic: update only if there's any update on repo"
+    exit 2
+fi
+if [ ! -d $xcat_core_path ]
+then
+    printf "%s: No such directory\n" "$xcat_core_path" >&2
+    exit 2
+fi
+
+if [ "$d_flag" ]
+then
+    if [ ! -d $xcat_dep_path ]
+    then
+	printf "%s: No such directory\n" "$xcat_dep_path" >&2
+	exit 2
+    fi
+fi
+
+if [ "$local_flag" ]
+then
+    repo_xcat_core_path=$local_repo_path"/xcat-core"
+    repo_xcat_dep_path=$local_repo_path"/xcat-dep"
+else
+    if [ -z "$u_flag" ]
+    then
+	if [ "$p_flag" ]
+	then
+	    printf "Usage: %s -c <core_trunk_path> [-d <dep_trunk_path>] { -l <local-repo_path> | [-u <gsa_id> -p <gsa_passwd>] } [-a]\n" $(basename $0) >&2
+	    echo "-a        Automatic: update only if there's any update on repo"
+	    exit 2
+	fi
+	echo -n "GSA id: "
+	read gsa_id
+	echo -n "GSA password: "
+	stty -echo; read gsa_passwd; stty echo;
+	echo ""; echo "";
+    fi
+
+    repo_xcat_core_path="`pwd`/gsa-repo_temp/xcat-core"
+    repo_xcat_dep_path="`pwd`/gsa-repo_temp/xcat-dep"
+fi
+
+if [ "$a_flag" ]
+then
+    touch svcupdate.trace
+    SVCUP='svcupdate.trace'
+    svn update $xcat_core_path 1> $SVCUP 2>&1
+    if ! grep 'Tree is up to date' $SVCUP
+    then
+	update_core=1
+    else
+	update_core=
+    fi
+    rm -f $SVCUP
+else
+    update_core=1
+fi
+if [ "$update_core" ]
+then
+    echo "###############################"
+    echo "# Building xcat-core packages #"
+    echo "###############################"
+
+    CMD_PATH=`pwd`
+    cd $xcat_core_path
+    ./build-debs-all "snap" "Nightly_Builds"
+
+    echo "#################################"
+    echo "# Creating xcat-core repository #"
+    echo "#################################"
+
+    if [ -d $repo_xcat_core_path ]; then
+    	rm -rdf $repo_xcat_core_path
+    fi
+    mkdir -p $repo_xcat_core_path/conf
+
+    find . -iname '*.deb' -exec mv {} $repo_xcat_core_path \;
+
+    rm -rdf debs/
+    cd $CMD_PATH
+
+    cat << __EOF__ > $repo_xcat_core_path/conf/distributions
+Origin: xCAT internal repository
+Label: xcat-core bazaar repository
+Codename: maverick
+Architectures: i386 amd64 
+Components: main
+Description: Repository automatically genereted conf 
+__EOF__
+
+    cat << __EOF__ > $repo_xcat_core_path/conf/options
+verbose
+basedir .
+__EOF__
+
+    for file in `ls $repo_xcat_core_path/*.deb`; do
+	reprepro -b $repo_xcat_core_path includedeb maverick $file;
+    done
+
+    mv $xcat_core_path/latest_version $repo_xcat_core_path/xcat-core_latest-build
+
+    if [ -z "$local_flag" ]
+    then
+	echo "###############################"
+	echo "# Updating GSA xcat-core repo #"
+	echo "###############################"
+	lftp -e "mirror -R --delete-first $repo_xcat_core_path /projects/i/ipl-xcat/ubuntu/; exit;" -u $gsa_id,$gsa_passwd -p 22 sftp://ausgsa.ibm.com
+    fi   ### if [ -z "$local_flag" ]
+fi    ### if [ "$a_flag" ]
+
+if [ "$a_flag" -a "$d_flag" ]
+then
+    touch svcupdate.trace
+    SVCUP='svcupdate.trace'
+    svn update $xcat_dep_path 1> $SVCUP 2>&1
+    if ! grep 'Tree is up to date' $SVCUP
+    then
+	update_dep=1
+    else
+	update_dep=
+    fi
+    rm -f $SVCUP
+else
+    update_dep=1
+fi
+if [ "$d_flag" -a "$update_dep" ]
+then
+    echo "################################"
+    echo "# Creating xcat-dep repository #"
+    echo "################################"
+    rm -rdf $repo_xcat_dep_path
+    mkdir -p $repo_xcat_dep_path/conf
+    find $xcat_dep_path -iname '*.deb' -exec cp {} $repo_xcat_dep_path \;
+    cat << __EOF__ > $repo_xcat_dep_path/conf/distributions
+Origin: xCAT internal repository
+Label: xcat-dep bazaar repository
+Codename: maverick
+Architectures: i386 amd64 
+Components: main
+Description: Repository automatically genereted conf 
+__EOF__
+
+    cat << __EOF__ > $repo_xcat_dep_path/conf/options
+verbose
+basedir .
+__EOF__
+
+    for file in `ls $repo_xcat_dep_path/*.deb`; do
+	reprepro -b $repo_xcat_dep_path includedeb maverick $file;
+    done
+
+    if [ -z "$local_flag" ]
+    then
+	echo "##############################"
+	echo "# Updating GSA xcat-dep repo #"
+	echo "##############################"
+	lftp -e "mirror -R --delete-first $repo_xcat_dep_path /projects/i/ipl-xcat/ubuntu/; exit;" -u $gsa_id,$gsa_passwd -p 22 sftp://ausgsa.ibm.com
+    fi   ### if [ -z "$local_flag" ]
+fi   ### if [ "$d_flag" -a "$a_flag"]
+
+if [ -z "$local_flag" ]                 # delete the temp repo after upload is done
+then
+    rm -rdf ./gsa-repo_temp
+fi
+
+exit 0
diff --git a/debian-rules b/debian-rules
deleted file mode 100755
index 679f1d2c9..000000000
--- a/debian-rules
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,70 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/make -f
-# -*- makefile -*-
-# Sample debian/rules that uses debhelper.
-# This file was originally written by Joey Hess and Craig Small.
-# As a special exception, when this file is copied by dh-make into a
-# dh-make output file, you may use that output file without restriction.
-# This special exception was added by Craig Small in version 0.37 of dh-make.
-
-# Uncomment this to turn on verbose mode.
-#export DH_VERBOSE=1
-
-export DH_COMPAT=5
-
-
-build:
-	pwd
-	./xpod2man
-
-clean:
-	dh_testdir
-	dh_testroot
-	dh_clean -d
-
-install:
-	pwd
-	dh_testdir
-	dh_testroot
-	dh_installdirs
-	dh_install
-	dh_link
-
-
-# Build architecture-independent files here.
-binary-indep: build install
-# We have nothing to do by default.
-
-# Build architecture-dependent files here.
-binary-arch:
-	pwd
-	dh_testdir
-	dh_testroot
-	dh_installchangelogs 
-	dh_installdocs
-#	dh_installexamples
-	dh_install
-#	dh_installmenu
-#	dh_installdebconf	
-#	dh_installlogrotate
-#	dh_installemacsen
-#	dh_installpam
-#	dh_installmime
-#	dh_python
-#	dh_installinit
-#	dh_installcron
-#	dh_installinfo
-	dh_installman
-#	dh_link
-#	dh_strip
-	dh_compress
-#	dh_fixperms
-	dh_perl
-	dh_makeshlibs
-	dh_installdeb
-	dh_shlibdeps
-	dh_gencontrol
-	dh_md5sums
-	dh_builddeb
-
-binary: binary-indep binary-arch
-.PHONY: build clean binary-indep binary-arch binary install configure
diff --git a/debperldepends b/debperldepends
deleted file mode 100755
index bbc36501b..000000000
--- a/debperldepends
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-#
-# IBM(c) 2007 EPL license http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
-#
-# Author: Isaac Freeman
-#
-# Make some wild guesses about what debian perl modules a package requires. 
-# Seems to work so far for xCAT.
-#
-# Scans the current directory.
-#
-
-found=""
-
-# Warning: voodoo ahead
-
-find . -name .svn -prune -o -type f \
-  | xargs grep -l '^#!.*perl' \
-  | xargs grep -hE '^\s*(use|require) ' \
-  | while read mod; do
-      pkg=$( awk '{ sub(";", "", $2);
-                    gsub("::", "-", $2); 
-                    print $2 }' <<<"$mod" \
-               | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' )
-
-      pkgname="lib${pkg}-perl"
-
-      if apt-cache show $pkgname >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-
-        case "$found" in
-          *$pkgname*) continue ;;
-          *) 
-            [ -n "$found" ] && echo -n ", "
-            echo -n "$pkgname"
-            found="$found $pkgname"
-          ;;
-        esac
-
-      elif perl <<<"$mod" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-        # Blindly assume that if perl doesn't complain about this, that its
-        # built-in to or ships with perl.
-        continue
-      elif [ "$1" == "-w" ]; then
-        echo
-        echo "warning: $pkg not found and perl doesn't like \"$mod\"" >&2
-      fi
-    done
-echo
-
-# vim: set sts=2 sw=2 et: