There's a patch I submitted to the upstream bug in Debian: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=862182#5
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to python-distutils-extra in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1689570 Title: Generated debian/rules file cannot be used in zesty Status in python-distutils-extra package in Ubuntu: New Status in python-distutils-extra package in Debian: Unknown Bug description: Current version of GNU Make in Ubuntu Zesty complains about debian/rules generated by python-mkdebian: debian/rules:4: *** missing separator (did you mean TAB instead of 8 spaces?). To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-distutils-extra/+bug/1689570/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

