> > > I doubt it's possible to make build paths containing spaces work correctly > in the general case, even if the original poster does manage to hack > it up this one time. My advice would be to stop attempting to use a > directory with a space in its name as part of a build setup. It's doomed. > > Go to know. I will not use spaces in the future. I was able to get the package rebuilt by following this guide: https://wiki.debian.org/BuildingAPackage
Which, incidentally, does not use spaces in its base directory. Thanks, Joshua Schaeffer