This bug was fixed in the package python-distutils-extra - 2.34-0ubuntu0.1

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python-distutils-extra (2.34-0ubuntu0.1) precise-proposed; urgency=low

  * Backport some fixes from latest release (and a regression fix):
    - debian/rules: Run Python3 tests under C locale, to expose more unicode
      errors.
    - auto.py: Fix *.ui detection to be robust for non-ASCII files.
      (LP: #1017468)
    - auto.py: Fix a regression with python2 if files have some utf-8 directives
      (LP: #1021969)

python-distutils-extra (2.34-1) unstable; urgency=low

  [ Martin Pitt ]
  * debian/rules: Run Python3 tests under C locale, to expose more unicode
    errors.
  * auto.py: Fix *.ui detection to be robust for non-ASCII files.
    (LP: #1017468)

  [ Didier Roche ]
  * auto.py: Fix a regression with python2 if files have some utf-8 directives
    (LP: #1021969)

python-distutils-extra (2.33-0ubuntu0.1) precise-proposed; urgency=low

  * Backport 2.33-1 to precise as an SRU (LP: #1020017):
    - auto.py: Fix crash when encountering binary files with Python 3.
      (LP: #995653)
    - auto.py: Fix crash when encountering an UTF-8 Python source code file.
    - debian/local/python-mkdebian cleanups: (LP: #706051)
      - Don't use {XS, XB}-Python-Version.
      - Generate an up to date Standards-Version.
      - Generate build dep on debhelper (>= 8) as debian/compat is set to '8'
        and debhelper overrides are used.
      - No need to generate a build dep on cdbs.
    - debian/local/python-mkdebian: For projects using --prefix, install
      binaries into a .../bin/ subdirectory instead of into the main project
      directory. This avoids potential name collisions with local Python
      modules. Thanks to Michael Terry for the patch!
    - debian/local/python-mkdebian: Create copyright format 1.0 compatible
      copyright files. Thanks Andrew Starr-Bochicchio! (LP: #1002379)
    - debian/copyright: Update to copyright 1.0 format.
    - debian/control: Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.3.
    - python-mkdebian: Fix wrong kde4 ui file detection regular expression.
      Thanks Angelo Compagnucci! (LP: #1002076)

python-distutils-extra (2.33-1) unstable; urgency=low

  * auto.py: Fix crash when encountering binary files with Python 3.
    (LP: #995653)
  * auto.py: Fix crash when encountering an UTF-8 Python source code file.

python-distutils-extra (2.32-5) unstable; urgency=low

  [ Andrew Starr-Bochicchio ]
  * debian/local/python-mkdebian cleanups: (LP: #706051)
    - Don't use {XS, XB}-Python-Version.
    - Generate an up to date Standards-Version.
    - Generate build dep on debhelper (>= 8) as debian/compat is set to '8'
      and debhelper overrides are used.
    - No need to generate a build dep on cdbs.

  [ Martin Pitt ]
  * debian/local/python-mkdebian: For projects using --prefix, install
    binaries into a .../bin/ subdirectory instead of into the main project
    directory. This avoids potential name collisions with local Python
    modules. Thanks to Michael Terry for the patch!

python-distutils-extra (2.32-4) unstable; urgency=low

  * debian/local/python-mkdebian: Create copyright format 1.0 compatible
    copyright files. Thanks Andrew Starr-Bochicchio! (LP: #1002379)
  * debian/copyright: Update to copyright 1.0 format.
  * debian/control: Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.3.

python-distutils-extra (2.32-3) unstable; urgency=low

  * python-mkdebian: Fix wrong kde4 ui file detection regular expression.
    Thanks Angelo Compagnucci! (LP: #1002076)
 -- Didier Roche <email address hidden>   Mon, 09 Jul 2012 11:31:02 +0200