excerpt from http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/n/nant/nant_0.85-2.diff.gz
Index: src/NAnt.Core/Task.cs
--- src/NAnt.Core/Task.cs.orig	2005-10-21 19:13:06 +0200
+++ src/NAnt.Core/Task.cs	2007-09-15 20:46:04 +0200
@@ -400,7 +400,6 @@
         #region Protected Instance Methods
 
         /// <summary><note>Deprecated (to be deleted).</note></summary>
-        [Obsolete("Deprecated- Use InitializeTask instead")]
         protected override void InitializeElement(XmlNode elementNode) {
             // Just defer for now so that everything just works
             InitializeTask(elementNode);
@@ -415,4 +414,4 @@
 
         #endregion Protected Instance Methods
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
Index: Makefile
--- Makefile.orig	2005-12-11 09:47:54 +0100
+++ Makefile	2007-09-15 21:18:00 +0200
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 	rm -fR build bootstrap
 
 install: bootstrap
-	$(NANT) -f:NAnt.build install -D:install.prefix="$(prefix)"
+	$(NANT) -f:NAnt.build install-openpkg -D:install.buildroot="$(buildroot)"
 
 run-test: bootstrap
 	$(NANT) -f:NAnt.build test

Index: NAnt.build
--- NAnt.build.orig	2006-10-14 16:01:34 +0200
+++ NAnt.build	2007-09-15 22:51:30 +0200
@@ -780,7 +780,7 @@
         </if>
         <property name="install.bindir" value="${path::combine(install.realprefix, 'bin')}"/>
         <property name="install.share" value="${path::combine(install.realprefix, 'share')}"/>
-        <property name="install.copylocation" value="${path::combine (install.share, 'NAnt')}"/>
+        <property name="install.copylocation" value="${path::combine (install.share, 'nant')}"/>
         <property name="prefix" value="${pkg-config::get-variable('mono', 'prefix')}"/>
         <echo message="Installing NAnt to '${install.copylocation}' ..." />
         
@@ -805,6 +805,18 @@
         <echo file="${wrapper}" append="true">exec ${path::combine(prefix, 'bin')}/mono ${path::combine(install.copylocation, 'bin')}/NAnt.exe "$@"</echo>
         <exec program="chmod" commandline="a+x ${path::combine(install.bindir, 'nant')}"/>
     </target>
+
+    <target name="install-openpkg" depends="build">
+        <echo message="Installing NAnt to '${install.buildroot}' ..." />
+        <copy todir="${install.buildroot}/share/nant" overwrite="true">
+            <fileset basedir="${build.dir}">
+                <include name="bin/**/*" />
+                <include name="doc/**/*" />
+                <exclude name="bin/nant.tests.config" />
+                <exclude name="bin/*.Tests.*" />
+            </fileset>
+        </copy>
+    </target>
     
     <target name="rpm" depends="init, build">
         <echo message="Build dir: ${build.dir}"/>