[Python-modules-team] Bug#632763: python-event: FTBFS: couldn't find libevent installation or build directory

[Bart Martens]

retitle 632763 python-event: FTBFS: couldn't find libevent installation or build
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This package fails to build from source in unstable.  The build log ends with:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "setup.py", line 29, in <module>
    raise "couldn't find libevent installation or build directory"
TypeError: exceptions must be old-style classes or derived from BaseException, not str
make: *** [clean] Error 1
dpkg-buildpackage: error: fakeroot debian/rules clean gave error exit status 2