your proposed patch is certainly wrong. You need to find out why these references aren't resolved by the python-pip-whl package.
- Bug#896998: python-pip: missing required _vendo... Nicholas D Steeves
- Bug#896998: python-pip: missing required _... Nicholas D Steeves
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- Bug#896998: [patch v2] Re: python-pip: missing ... Nicholas D Steeves
- Bug#896998: [patch v3] Re: python-pip: missing ... Nicholas D Steeves
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- Bug#896998: marked as done (python-pip: missing... Debian Bug Tracking System
- Bug#896998: closed by Matthias Klose <d...@d... Nicholas D Steeves
- Bug#896998: Not fixed in python-pip 9.0.1-... Nicholas D Steeves
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- Bug#896998: python-pip: missing required _vendo... Matthias Klose
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