tags 831943 + patch thanks This happens because debian/rules has its binary-arch and binary-indep targets swapped.
The following trivial (but untested) patch might fix it. Thanks.
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -42,10 +42,10 @@ debclean:
rm -rf debian/tmp
rm -f debian/{files,substvars}
-binary-indep:
+binary-arch:
# Nothing to be done here
-binary-arch: debclean
+binary-indep: debclean
test -f stamp-build || $(MAKE) -f debian/rules build
#
$(installbin) -d debian/tmp/DEBIAN
