--- a/contrib/builddeb	Wed Dec 02 12:19:01 2015 -0800
+++ b/contrib/builddeb	Wed Nov 25 14:59:43 2015 +0800
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 
 BUILD=1
 CLEANUP=1
-DEBVERSION=jessie
+CODENAME=jessie
 while [ "$1" ]; do
     case "$1" in
-    --release )
+    --codename )
         shift
-        DEBVERSION="$1"
+        CODENAME="$1"
         shift
         ;;
     --cleanup )
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
 fi
 if [ "$CLEANUP" ] ; then
     echo
-    OUTPUTDIR=${OUTPUTDIR:=packages/debian-$DEBVERSION}
+    OUTPUTDIR=${OUTPUTDIR:=packages/debian-$CODENAME}
     find ../mercurial*.deb ../mercurial_*.build ../mercurial_*.changes \
           -type f -newer $control -print0 | \
       xargs -Inarf -0 mv narf "$OUTPUTDIR"