I've patched this problem and sent a pull request. https://github.com/astraw/stdeb/pull/65
If accepted you can remove the sudo package from the control file. Or you can leave it in suggests since the README still references sudo. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org