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+name: Build Extension .deb
+
+defaults:
+  run:
+    shell: bash
+    working-directory: ./
+
+on:
+  release:
+    types:
+      - created
+
+jobs:
+  build-deb:
+    # source: https://github.com/supabase/pg_jsonschema/blob/29fcd5b23abe3dd6a78a490082f34113de7813a1/.github/workflows/release.yml
+    name: release .deb
+    if: github.event_name == 'release'
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        extension_name:
+          - pgmq
+        package_name:
+          - pgmq
+        pgrx_version:
+          - 0.11.3
+        postgres: 
+            - 14
+            - 15
+            - 16
+        box:
+          - { runner: ubuntu-20.04, arch: amd64 }
+          - { runner: arm-runner, arch: arm64 }
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.box.runner }}
+    timeout-minutes: 90
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: build release artifacts
+        run: |
+          # Add postgres package repo
+          sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt $(lsb_release -cs)-pgdg main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pgdg.list'
+          wget -qO- https://www.postgresql.org/media/keys/ACCC4CF8.asc | sudo tee /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/pgdg.asc &>/dev/null
+
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends git build-essential libpq-dev curl libreadline6-dev zlib1g-dev pkg-config cmake
+          sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends libreadline-dev zlib1g-dev flex bison libxml2-dev libxslt-dev libssl-dev libxml2-utils xsltproc ccache
+          sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends clang libclang-dev gcc tree
+
+          sudo apt install -y postgresql-${{ matrix.postgres }} postgresql-server-dev-${{ matrix.postgres }} -y
+
+          export PATH=$PATH:/usr/lib/postgresql/${{ matrix.postgres }}/bin
+
+          curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh -s -- -y --no-modify-path --profile minimal --default-toolchain stable && \
+            rustup --version && \
+            rustc --version && \
+            cargo --version
+
+          source "$HOME/.cargo/env"
+
+          pgrx_ver=$(grep '^pgrx' Cargo.toml | head -1 | awk -F '"' '{print $2}')
+          cargo install cargo-pgrx --version ${pgrx_ver} --locked
+          cargo pgrx init --pg${{ matrix.postgres }}=/usr/lib/postgresql/${{ matrix.postgres }}/bin/pg_config
+
+          cargo pgrx package --pg-config $(cargo pgrx info pg-config ${{ matrix.postgres }})
+
+          # Create installable package
+          mkdir archive
+          cp `find target/release -type f -name "${{ matrix.extension_name }}*"` archive
+
+          # name of the package directory before packaging
+          package_dir=${{ matrix.extension_name }}-${{ github.ref_name }}-pg${{ matrix.postgres }}-${{ matrix.box.arch }}-linux-gnu
+
+          # Copy files into directory structure
+          mkdir -p ${package_dir}/usr/lib/postgresql/lib
+          mkdir -p ${package_dir}/var/lib/postgresql/extension
+          cp archive/*.so ${package_dir}/usr/lib/postgresql/lib
+          cp archive/*.control ${package_dir}/var/lib/postgresql/extension
+          cp archive/*.sql ${package_dir}/var/lib/postgresql/extension
+
+          deb_version=$(grep '^version' Cargo.toml | head -1 | awk -F '"' '{print $2}')
+
+          mkdir -p ${package_dir}/DEBIAN
+          touch ${package_dir}/DEBIAN/control
+          echo 'Package: ${{ matrix.package_name }}' >> ${package_dir}/DEBIAN/control
+          echo 'Version:' ${deb_version} >> ${package_dir}/DEBIAN/control
+          echo 'Architecture: ${{ matrix.box.arch }}' >> ${package_dir}/DEBIAN/control
+          echo 'Maintainer: tembo' >> ${package_dir}/DEBIAN/control
+          echo 'Description: A PostgreSQL queue extension' >> ${package_dir}/DEBIAN/control
+
+          # Create deb package
+          sudo chown -R root:root ${package_dir}
+          sudo chmod -R 00755 ${package_dir}
+          sudo dpkg-deb --build --root-owner-group ${package_dir}
+
+      - name: Prepare release
+        run: |
+          deb_version=$(grep '^version' Cargo.toml | head -1 | awk -F '"' '{print $2}')
+          echo UPLOAD_URL=$(curl --silent https://api.github.com/repos/${{ github.repository }}/releases/tags/v${deb_version} | jq .upload_url --raw-output) >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo ASSET_NAME=${{ matrix.extension_name }}-${deb_version}-pg${{ matrix.postgres }}-${{ matrix.box.arch }}-linux-gnu.deb >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - name: Upload deb to github release
+        uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        with:
+          upload_url: ${{ env.UPLOAD_URL }}
+          asset_path: ./${{ env.ASSET_NAME }}
+          asset_name: ${{ env.ASSET_NAME }}
+          asset_content_type: application/vnd.debian.binary-package