Bug#897179: FTBFS: A build dependency is lacking: appstream-util (>= 0.7.7)

[Jeremy Bicha]

On Sun, Apr 29, 2018 at 11:19 AM, jean-christophe manciot
<actionmystique at gmail.com> wrote:
> There is a misunderstanding: this thread is about an up-to-date sid chroot
> built of  gimp.

The build would not have failed in an up-to-date sid chroot with networking.

The error you posted in this bug must have been from your Ubuntu 17.10 build.

Thanks,
Jeremy Bicha