--- debian/rules.orig	2023-08-11 15:29:44.000000000 +1000
+++ debian/rules	2024-03-31 20:37:58.851777128 +1100
@@ -2,3 +2,9 @@
 
 %:
 	dh $@ --with elpa
+
+override_dh_auto_build:
+	# The upsream Makefile attempts to fetch `package-lint` from melpa,
+	# which fails if the network is unavailable.  The only onther thing
+	# that the rule does is byte compile as a sanity check, then remove
+	# the results of that compilation.  Nothing required here.