diff -u gcc-4.4-4.4.7/debian/changelog gcc-4.4-4.4.7/debian/changelog
--- gcc-4.4-4.4.7/debian/changelog
+++ gcc-4.4-4.4.7/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+gcc-4.4 (4.4.7-7+rpi1) jessie-staging; urgency=low
+
+  * Modified to compile code optimized for the Raspberry Pi (ARMv6+VFP).
+  * Disable testsuite
+  * Hack "distribution" to Debian for now, more recent gcc versions are getting
+    better fixes but it's not worth it for a legacy version like this.
+
+ -- Peter Michael Green <plugwash@raspbian.org>  Thu, 13 Feb 2014 21:13:28 +0000
+
 gcc-4.4 (4.4.7-7) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * Fix build failure with linux-3.8 kernel headers. Closes: #735920.
diff -u gcc-4.4-4.4.7/debian/rules.defs gcc-4.4-4.4.7/debian/rules.defs
--- gcc-4.4-4.4.7/debian/rules.defs
+++ gcc-4.4-4.4.7/debian/rules.defs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 builddir	= $(PWD)/build
 stampdir	= stamps
 
-distribution	:= $(shell lsb_release -is)
+distribution	:= Debian
 distrelease	:= $(shell lsb_release -cs)
 
 # On non official archives, "lsb_release -cs" default to "n/a". Assume
@@ -966,7 +966,7 @@
 # run testsuite ---------------
 with_check := yes
 # if you don't want to run the gcc testsuite, uncomment the next line
-#with_check := disabled by hand
+with_check := disabled by plugwash
 ifeq ($(with_base_only),yes)
   with_check := no
 endif
diff -u gcc-4.4-4.4.7/debian/rules2 gcc-4.4-4.4.7/debian/rules2
--- gcc-4.4-4.4.7/debian/rules2
+++ gcc-4.4-4.4.7/debian/rules2
@@ -317,9 +317,9 @@
     ifneq (,$(findstring gcj,$(PKGSOURCE)))
       CONFARGS += --with-arch=armv6
     else
-      CONFARGS += --with-arch=armv7-a
+      CONFARGS += --with-arch=armv6
     endif
-    CONFARGS += --with-float=$(float_abi) --with-fpu=vfpv3-d16
+    CONFARGS += --with-float=$(float_abi) --with-fpu=vfp
   endif
   # This would be so much simpler if "or" were supported, we would just add
   # "or ifeq ($(DEB_TARGET_ARCH),armhf)" to the above
@@ -329,16 +329,16 @@
       ifneq (,$(findstring gcj,$(PKGSOURCE)))
         CONFARGS += --with-arch=armv6
       else
-        CONFARGS += --with-arch=armv7-a
+        CONFARGS += --with-arch=armv6
       endif
-      CONFARGS += --with-float=$(float_abi) --with-fpu=vfpv3-d16
+      CONFARGS += --with-float=$(float_abi) --with-fpu=vfp
     else
       # Debian armel
       CONFARGS += --with-arch=armv4t --with-float=$(float_abi)
     endif
   endif
   ifeq ($(with_arm_thumb),yes)
-    CONFARGS += --with-mode=thumb
+    #CONFARGS += --with-mode=thumb
   endif
 endif