I was able to see "dpkg-buildpackage -b" fail prior to this branch on the py-install target. And after merging this branch dpkg-buildpackage -b succeeds.
As per your test instructions, I also hit the same issue Francis reported,
I can't make py-install target on fresh yakkety or xenial systems.
cd python; python setup.py test also fails with the same traceback.
pip can't find "yaml" requirement for some reason.
running test
Searching for yaml
Reading https://pypi.python.org/simple/yaml/
No local packages or working download links found for yaml
error: Could not find suitable distribution for Requirement.parse('yaml')
I was able to see "dpkg-buildpackage -b" fail prior to this branch on the py-install target. And after merging this branch dpkg-buildpackage -b succeeds.
As per your test instructions, I also hit the same issue Francis reported,
I can't make py-install target on fresh yakkety or xenial systems.
cd python; python setup.py test also fails with the same traceback.
pip can't find "yaml" requirement for some reason.
running test /pypi.python. org/simple/ yaml/ parse(' yaml')
Searching for yaml
Reading https:/
No local packages or working download links found for yaml
error: Could not find suitable distribution for Requirement.