fakeroot debian/rules clean
dh_testdir
dh_testroot
rm -f build-stamp 
# Add here commands to clean up after the build process.
/usr/bin/make distclean
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/darren/transmission-0.71'
make[1]: *** No rule to make target `distclean'.  Stop.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/darren/transmission-0.71'
make: [clean] Error 2 (ignored)
cp -f /usr/share/misc/config.sub config.sub
cp -f /usr/share/misc/config.guess config.guess
dh_clean 
 dpkg-source -b transmission-0.71
dpkg-source: building transmission in transmission_0.71.tar.gz
dpkg-source: building transmission in transmission_0.71.dsc
 debian/rules build
dh_testdir
# Add here commands to configure the package.
./configure --host=i486-linux-gnu --build=i486-linux-gnu --prefix=\${prefix}/ --mandir=\${prefix}/share/man --infodir=\${prefix}/share/info CFLAGS="-Wall -g -O2" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-z,defs"
System:  Linux
OpenSSL: yes
GTK+:    yes

Now use GNU make to build Transmission.
It may be called 'make' or 'gmake' depending on your system.
dh_testdir
# Add here commands to compile the package.
/usr/bin/make
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/darren/transmission-0.71'
Checking SVN revision...
* Building libtransmission
Checking dependencies...
Cc transmission.o
Cc bencode.o
Cc net.o
Cc tracker.o
Cc peer.o
Cc inout.o
Cc metainfo.o
Cc sha1.o
Cc utils.o
Cc fdlimit.o
Cc clients.o
Cc completion.o
Cc platform.o
Cc ratecontrol.o
Cc choking.o
Cc natpmp.o
Cc upnp.o
Cc http.o
Cc xml.o
Cc shared.o
Cc torrent.o
Library libtransmission.a
* Building Transmission CLI client
Checking dependencies...
Cc transmissioncli.o
Link transmissioncli
* Building Transmission GTK+ client
Checking dependencies...
Cc conf.o
Cc dialogs.o
Cc io.o
Cc ipc.o
Cc main.o
Cc msgwin.o
Cc tr_backend.o
Cc tr_cell_renderer_progress.o
Cc tr_icon.o
Cc tr_prefs.o
Cc tr_torrent.o
Cc tr_window.o
Cc util.o
Link transmission-gtk
Msgfmt bg.po
Msgfmt es.po
Msgfmt fi.po
Msgfmt fr.po
Msgfmt it.po
Msgfmt pl.po
Msgfmt ro.po
Msgfmt ru.po
Msgfmt sv.po
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/darren/transmission-0.71'
#docbook-to-man debian/transmission.sgml > transmission.1
touch build-stamp
 fakeroot debian/rules binary
dh_testdir
# Add here commands to configure the package.
./configure --host=i486-linux-gnu --build=i486-linux-gnu --prefix=\${prefix}/ --mandir=\${prefix}/share/man --infodir=\${prefix}/share/info CFLAGS="-Wall -g -O2" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-z,defs"
System:  Linux
OpenSSL: yes
GTK+:    yes

Now use GNU make to build Transmission.
It may be called 'make' or 'gmake' depending on your system.
dh_testdir
# Add here commands to compile the package.
/usr/bin/make
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/darren/transmission-0.71'
Checking SVN revision...
* Building libtransmission
Checking dependencies...
Cc transmission.o
Cc bencode.o
Cc net.o
Cc tracker.o
Cc peer.o
Cc inout.o
Cc metainfo.o
Cc sha1.o
Cc utils.o
Cc fdlimit.o
Cc clients.o
Cc completion.o
Cc platform.o
Cc ratecontrol.o
Cc choking.o
Cc natpmp.o
Cc upnp.o
Cc http.o
Cc xml.o
Cc shared.o
Cc torrent.o
Library libtransmission.a
* Building Transmission CLI client
Checking dependencies...
Cc transmissioncli.o
Link transmissioncli
* Building Transmission GTK+ client
Checking dependencies...
Cc conf.o
Cc dialogs.o
Cc io.o
Cc ipc.o
Cc main.o
Cc msgwin.o
Cc tr_backend.o
Cc tr_cell_renderer_progress.o
Cc tr_icon.o
Cc tr_prefs.o
Cc tr_torrent.o
Cc tr_window.o
Cc util.o
Link transmission-gtk
Msgfmt bg.po
Msgfmt es.po
Msgfmt fi.po
Msgfmt fr.po
Msgfmt it.po
Msgfmt pl.po
Msgfmt ro.po
Msgfmt ru.po
Msgfmt sv.po
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/darren/transmission-0.71'
#docbook-to-man debian/transmission.sgml > transmission.1
touch build-stamp
dh_testdir
dh_testroot
dh_clean -k 
dh_installdirs
# Add here commands to install the package into debian/transmission.
/usr/bin/make prefix=/home/darren/transmission-0.71/debian/transmission/usr install
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/darren/transmission-0.71'
Checking SVN revision...
* Building libtransmission
make[3]: `libtransmission.a' is up to date.
* Building Transmission CLI client
make[3]: `transmissioncli' is up to date.
* Building Transmission GTK+ client
* Building libtransmission
make[3]: `libtransmission.a' is up to date.
* Building Transmission CLI client
make[3]: `transmissioncli' is up to date.
* Building Transmission GTK+ client
* Installing Transmission CLI client
Install transmissioncli
Install transmissioncli.1
* Installing Transmission GTK+ client
Install transmission-gtk.1
Install transmission-gtk.desktop
Install transmission.png
Install transmission-gtk
Install bg.mo
Install es.mo
Install fi.mo
Install fr.mo
Install it.mo
Install pl.mo
Install ro.mo
Install ru.mo
Install sv.mo
* Installing Zsh completion file
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/darren/transmission-0.71'
dh_testdir
dh_testroot
dh_installchangelogs 
dh_installdocs
dh_installexamples
dh_installman
dh_link
dh_strip
dh_compress
dh_fixperms
dh_installdeb
dh_shlibdeps
dh_gencontrol
dh_md5sums
dh_builddeb
dpkg-deb: building package `transmission' in `../transmission_0.71_i386.deb'.
 dpkg-genchanges
dpkg-genchanges: including full source code in upload
dpkg-buildpackage (debuild emulation): full upload; Debian-native package (full source is included)