I think the problem comes from patching and not cleaning out files that are build generated.
Attached is a patch that makes rebuild possible. It should at least be a start in fixing the bug. A git repo including this and additional changes at: http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=users/michaeld-guest/tahoe.git Regards, Mike.
diff --git a/debian/patches/exclude_buildtest_package.diff b/debian/patches/exclude_buildtest_package.diff index 2471409..cadb425 100644 --- a/debian/patches/exclude_buildtest_package.diff +++ b/debian/patches/exclude_buildtest_package.diff @@ -2,10 +2,8 @@ Description: Exclude buildtest python package from Debian package. By default tahoe-lafs also install a buildtest package but this isn't relevant in the context of the Debian package. Author: bertagaz <[email protected]> -Index: tahoe/setup.py -=================================================================== ---- tahoe.orig/setup.py 2011-04-13 22:43:22.349847608 +0200 -+++ tahoe/setup.py 2011-04-13 22:43:54.277842306 +0200 +--- a/setup.py ++++ b/setup.py @@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ "sdist": MySdist, }, @@ -15,24 +13,8 @@ Index: tahoe/setup.py classifiers=trove_classifiers, test_suite="allmydata.test", install_requires=install_requires, -Index: tahoe/src/allmydata_tahoe.egg-info/SOURCES.txt -=================================================================== ---- tahoe.orig/src/allmydata_tahoe.egg-info/SOURCES.txt 2011-04-13 22:46:13.953848270 +0200 -+++ tahoe/src/allmydata_tahoe.egg-info/SOURCES.txt 2011-04-13 22:46:27.061842298 +0200 -@@ -476,7 +476,5 @@ - src/allmydata_tahoe.egg-info/not-zip-safe - src/allmydata_tahoe.egg-info/requires.txt - src/allmydata_tahoe.egg-info/top_level.txt --src/buildtest/__init__.py --src/buildtest/test_build_with_fake_dist.py - static/tahoe.py --twisted/plugins/allmydata_trial.py -\ No newline at end of file -+twisted/plugins/allmydata_trial.py -Index: tahoe/src/allmydata_tahoe.egg-info/top_level.txt -=================================================================== ---- tahoe.orig/src/allmydata_tahoe.egg-info/top_level.txt 2011-04-13 22:46:53.945848318 +0200 -+++ tahoe/src/allmydata_tahoe.egg-info/top_level.txt 2011-04-13 22:47:01.213842243 +0200 +--- a/src/allmydata_tahoe.egg-info/top_level.txt ++++ b/src/allmydata_tahoe.egg-info/top_level.txt @@ -1,2 +1 @@ allmydata -buildtest diff --git a/debian/patches/remove_upstream_setup_deps.diff b/debian/patches/remove_upstream_setup_deps.diff index 640425b..5021240 100644 --- a/debian/patches/remove_upstream_setup_deps.diff +++ b/debian/patches/remove_upstream_setup_deps.diff @@ -2,10 +2,8 @@ Description: Remove upstream setup dependencies. Tahoe-lafs setup uses a custom setuptools which rely on darcsver to do some smart guessings. This isn't relevant in Debian and needs to be ignored. Author: bertagaz <[email protected]> -Index: tahoe/setup.cfg -=================================================================== ---- tahoe.orig/setup.cfg 2011-09-14 13:28:55.000000000 +0200 -+++ tahoe/setup.cfg 2011-09-14 14:00:08.127061668 +0200 +--- a/setup.cfg ++++ b/setup.cfg @@ -4,16 +4,6 @@ http://tahoe-lafs.org/source/tahoe-lafs/deps/tahoe-dep-sdists/ http://tahoe-lafs.org/source/tahoe-lafs/deps/tahoe-lafs-dep-eggs/ @@ -23,10 +21,8 @@ Index: tahoe/setup.cfg [egg_info] tag_build = tag_date = 0 -Index: tahoe/setup.py -=================================================================== ---- tahoe.orig/setup.py 2011-06-25 13:19:00.000000000 +0200 -+++ tahoe/setup.py 2011-09-14 13:57:36.726551958 +0200 +--- a/setup.py ++++ b/setup.py @@ -67,15 +67,15 @@ del sys.argv[1] install_requires += ["fakedependency >= 1.0.0"] diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules index 47ee783..0ebaa6b 100755 --- a/debian/rules +++ b/debian/rules @@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ clean: dh_testroot python setup.py clean rm -rf build + rm -f src/allmydata_tahoe.egg-info/PKG-INFO + rm -f src/allmydata_tahoe.egg-info/SOURCES.txt + rm -f src/allmydata_tahoe.egg-info/requires.txt find . -name "*\.py[co]" -exec rm -f {} \; dh_clean
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