From my pbuilder log, using dpkg-buildpackage -j2: [SNIP] fakeroot debian/rules clean [SNIP] dh_testroot Building lxml version 2.1.5. NOTE: Trying to build without Cython, pre-generated 'src/lxml/lxml.etree.c' needs to be available. dh_clean -k Using build configuration of libxslt 1.1.24 Building against libxml2/libxslt in the following directory: /usr/lib running install running build running build_py running build_ext running install_lib creating /tmp/buildd/lxml-2.1.5/debian/python-lxml/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/lxml creating /tmp/buildd/lxml-2.1.5/debian/python-lxml/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/lxml/html copying build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.4/lxml/html/_setmixin.py -> /tmp/buildd/lxml-2.1.5/debian/python-lxml/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/lxml/html copying build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.4/lxml/html/soupparser.py -> /tmp/buildd/lxml-2.1.5/debian/python-lxml/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/lxml/html copying build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.4/lxml/html/_diffcommand.py -> /tmp/buildd/lxml-2.1.5/debian/python-lxml/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/lxml/html copying build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.4/lxml/html/_dictmixin.py -> /tmp/buildd/lxml-2.1.5/debian/python-lxml/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/lxml/html copying build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.4/lxml/html/diff.py -> /tmp/buildd/lxml-2.1.5/debian/python-lxml/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/lxml/html copying build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.4/lxml/html/builder.py -> /tmp/buildd/lxml-2.1.5/debian/python-lxml/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/lxml/html copying build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.4/lxml/html/ElementSoup.py -> /tmp/buildd/lxml-2.1.5/debian/python-lxml/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/lxml/html copying build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.4/lxml/html/defs.py -> /tmp/buildd/lxml-2.1.5/debian/python-lxml/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/lxml/html copying build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.4/lxml/html/clean.py -> /tmp/buildd/lxml-2.1.5/debian/python-lxml/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/lxml/html copying build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.4/lxml/html/__init__.py -> /tmp/buildd/lxml-2.1.5/debian/python-lxml/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/lxml/html copying build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.4/lxml/html/formfill.py -> /tmp/buildd/lxml-2.1.5/debian/python-lxml/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/lxml/html copying build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.4/lxml/html/usedoctest.py -> /tmp/buildd/lxml-2.1.5/debian/python-lxml/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/lxml/html copying build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.4/lxml/etree.so -> /tmp/buildd/lxml-2.1.5/debian/python-lxml/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/lxml copying build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.4/lxml/_elementpath.py -> /tmp/buildd/lxml-2.1.5/debian/python-lxml/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/lxml copying build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.4/lxml/cssselect.py -> /tmp/buildd/lxml-2.1.5/debian/python-lxml/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/lxml copying build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.4/lxml/doctestcompare.py -> /tmp/buildd/lxml-2.1.5/debian/python-lxml/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/lxml copying build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.4/lxml/builder.py -> /tmp/buildd/lxml-2.1.5/debian/python-lxml/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/lxml copying build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.4/lxml/objectify.so -> /tmp/buildd/lxml-2.1.5/debian/python-lxml/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/lxml copying build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.4/lxml/sax.py -> /tmp/buildd/lxml-2.1.5/debian/python-lxml/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/lxml copying build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.4/lxml/__init__.py -> /tmp/buildd/lxml-2.1.5/debian/python-lxml/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/lxml copying build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.4/lxml/ElementInclude.py -> /tmp/buildd/lxml-2.1.5/debian/python-lxml/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/lxml copying build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.4/lxml/pyclasslookup.py -> /tmp/buildd/lxml-2.1.5/debian/python-lxml/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/lxml copying build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.4/lxml/usedoctest.py -> /tmp/buildd/lxml-2.1.5/debian/python-lxml/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/lxml error: /tmp/buildd/lxml-2.1.5/debian/python-lxml/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/lxml/usedoctest.py: No such file or directory make: *** [install-python2.4] Error 1 make: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....