--- a/debian/README.source	Tue Aug 30 11:33:13 2011 +0200
+++ b/debian/README.source	Tue Aug 30 15:09:38 2011 +0200
@@ -4,11 +4,15 @@
 1. obtain the source littlebird*.tar.gz from 
    schlittermann@92.51.155.210
 
-2. rename the archive to littlebird-YYYYMMDDNN.tar.gz
+2. rename the archive to littlebird-YYYYMMDDNN.orig.tar.gz
    (NN is some per day increment)
 
-3. check the tar, it should contain opt/ as the uppermost
-   directory
+3. go into the source dir (the dir containing debian/)
+   mkdir tmp
+   cd tmp && tar xzf ../../littlebird-YYYYMMDDNN.orig.tar.gz
+   mv opt/* ..
+   cd ..
+   rm -r tmp
 
 4. continue as usual