Package: python-setuptools Version: 33.1.1-1~bpo8+1 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer,
I'm trying to rebuild the jessie-backports version of python-setuptools in a clean and up-to-date Jessie pbuilder chroot, but it fails with the following obscure error: # dpkg-buildpackage -uc -us dpkg-buildpackage: source package python-setuptools dpkg-buildpackage: source version 33.1.1-1~bpo8+1 dpkg-buildpackage: source distribution jessie-backports dpkg-buildpackage: source changed by Andreas Tille <[email protected]> dpkg-buildpackage: host architecture amd64 dpkg-source --before-build python-setuptools-33.1.1 debian/rules clean dh clean --with python2,python3,pypy,sphinxdoc --buildsystem pybuild dh_testdir -O--buildsystem=pybuild debian/rules override_dh_auto_clean make[1]: Entering directory '/tmp/python-setuptools-33.1.1' # Keep entry_points, we need it to drive setup.py mv setuptools.egg-info/entry_points.txt . dh_auto_clean I: pybuild base:170: python2.7 setup.py clean Traceback (most recent call last): File "setup.py", line 188, in <module> require_metadata() File "setup.py", line 20, in require_metadata raise RuntimeError(msg) RuntimeError: Cannot build setuptools without metadata. Run bootstrap.py E: pybuild pybuild:256: clean: plugin distutils failed with: exit code=1: python2.7 setup.py clean dh_auto_clean: pybuild --clean -i python{version} -p 2.7 --dir . returned exit code 13 debian/rules:32: recipe for target 'override_dh_auto_clean' failed make[1]: *** [override_dh_auto_clean] Error 13 make[1]: Leaving directory '/tmp/python-setuptools-33.1.1' debian/rules:4: recipe for target 'clean' failed make: *** [clean] Error 2 dpkg-buildpackage: error: debian/rules clean gave error exit status 2 Is there any missing dependency from jessie-backports that's needed to successfully build it? Any other issue/idea? Thanks! -- Kind regards, Luca Boccassi
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