I think this is not a bug of fakeroot but of python-central! If dh_pycentral wants to find the Python version somewhere in stderr it should use a damn good parser! I suggest to use one of the following statements instead of trying to parse stderr!
# New in version 2.3. $ python -c "import platform;print(platform.python_version())" 2.6.6rc2 # New in version 2.0. $ python -c "import sys;print(sys.version_info)" (2, 6, 6, 'candidate', 2) # New in version 2.3. $ python -c "import platform;print(platform.python_version_tuple())" ('2', '6', '6rc2') # New in version 1.5.2. $ python -c "import sys;print(hex(sys.hexversion))" 0x20606c2 # Should not be used as of http://docs.python.org/library/sys.html $ python -c "import sys;print(sys.version)" 2.6.6rc2 (r266rc2:84114, Aug 18 2010, 07:33:44) [GCC 4.4.5 20100816 (prerelease)] BTW. Calling dh_pycentral from a non exeisting directory results into the same error. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org