Bug#807351: python-debian: FTBFS: SystemError: E:Unable to parse package file (1)

[Chris Lamb]

Source: python-debian
Version: 0.1.27
Severity: serious
Justification: fails to build from source
User: reproducible-builds at lists.alioth.debian.org
Usertags: ftbfs
X-Debbugs-Cc: reproducible-builds at lists.alioth.debian.org

Dear Maintainer,

python-debian fails to build from source in unstable/amd64:

  [..]
  test_reverse (test_debtags.TestDebtags) ... ok
  
  ======================================================================
  ERROR: apt_pkg does not support comments within multiline fields
  ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File
    "/home/lamby/temp/cdt.20151207220143.ZwB98jWQ6C/python-debian-0.1.27/tests/test_deb822.py",
    line 922, in test_iter_paragraphs_comments_use_apt_pkg
      fh, use_apt_pkg=True))
    File "../lib/debian/deb822.py", line 376, in iter_paragraphs
      for section in parser:
  SystemError: E:Unable to parse package file  (1)
  
  ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  Ran 166 tests in 0.371s
  
  FAILED (errors=1)
  debian/rules:28: recipe for target 'override_dh_auto_test' failed
  make[1]: *** [override_dh_auto_test] Error 1
  make[1]: Leaving directory
  '/home/lamby/temp/cdt.20151207220143.ZwB98jWQ6C/python-debian-0.1.27'
  debian/rules:13: recipe for target 'build' failed
  make: *** [build] Error 2

  [..]

The full build log is attached.


Regards,

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