diff --git a/build-python-deb b/build-python-deb
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+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Author: Yuan Bai (bybai@cn.ibm.com)
+#
+#
+printusage()
+{
+    echo "Usage : build-python-deb xcat-openbmc-py"
+}
+# For the purpose of getting the distribution name
+if [[ ! -f /etc/lsb-release ]]; then
+    echo "ERROR: Could not find /etc/lsb-release, is this script executed on a Ubuntu machine?"
+    exit 1
+fi
+. /etc/lsb-release
+# Check the necessary packages before starting the build
+declare -a packages=( "reprepro" "devscripts" "debhelper" "quilt" )
+
+for package in ${packages[@]}; do
+    RC=`dpkg -l | grep $package >> /dev/null 2>&1; echo $?`
+    if [[ ${RC} != 0 ]]; then
+        echo "ERROR: Could not find $package, install using 'apt-get install $package' to continue"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+done
+
+# Supported distributions
+dists="saucy trusty utopic xenial"
+pkg_name=$1
+
+if [ -z "$pkg_name" ] || [ "$pkg_name" != "xcat-openbmc-py" ]; then
+    printusage
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Find where this script is located to set some build variables
+old_pwd=`pwd`
+cd `dirname $0`
+curdir=`pwd`
+export HOME=/root
+
+WGET_CMD="wget"
+if [ ! -z ${LOG} ]; then
+    WGET_CMD="wget -o ${LOG}"
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$REL" ]; then
+    t=${curdir%/src/xcat-core}
+    REL=`basename $t`
+fi
+
+if [ "$PROMOTE" != 1 ]; then
+    code_change=1
+    ver=`cat Version`
+    short_ver=`cat Version|cut -d. -f 1,2`
+    short_short_ver=`cat Version|cut -d. -f 1`
+    build_time=`date`
+    build_machine=`hostname`
+    commit_id=`git rev-parse --short HEAD`
+    commit_id_long=`git rev-parse HEAD`
+
+    echo "###############################"
+    echo "# Building xcat-openbmc-py package #"
+    echo "###############################"
+
+    #the package type:  local | snap | alpha
+    #the build introduce string
+    build_string="Snap_Build"
+    xcat_release="snap$(date '+%Y%m%d%H%M')"
+    pkg_version="${ver}-${xcat_release}"
+    packages="xCAT-openbmc-py"
+    target_archs=(all)
+    for file in $packages
+    do
+        file_low=`echo $file | tr '[A-Z]' '[a-z]'`
+        target_archs="all"
+        for target_arch in $target_archs
+        do
+            cd $file
+            CURDIR=$(pwd)
+            dch -v $pkg_version -b -c debian/changelog $build_string
+            if [ "$target_arch" = "all" ]; then
+                CURDIR=$(pwd)
+                cp ${CURDIR}/debian/control ${CURDIR}/debian/control.save.998
+                sed -i -e "s#>= 2.13-snap000000000000#= ${pkg_version}#g" ${CURDIR}/debian/control
+                dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -uc -us
+                mv ${CURDIR}/debian/control.save.998 ${CURDIR}/debian/control
+                dh_testdir
+                dh_testroot
+                dh_clean -d
+            fi
+            rc=$?
+            if [ $rc -gt 0 ]; then
+                echo "Error: $file build package failed exit code $rc"
+                exit $rc
+            fi
+            rm -f debian/files
+            rm -f debian/xcat-openbmc-py.debhelper.log
+            rm -f debian/xcat-openbmc-py.substvars
+            sed -i -e "s/* Snap_Build//g" debian/changelog
+            cd -
+            rm -f ${file_low}_*.tar.gz
+            rm -f ${file_low}_*.changes
+            rm -f ${file_low}_*.dsc
+        done
+    done
+fi