I've applied the simple patch attached to fix the build in Ubuntu (which has two supported python 3 versions for the moment)
diff -Nru pysvn-1.9.4/debian/changelog pysvn-1.9.4/debian/changelog --- pysvn-1.9.4/debian/changelog 2016-10-10 04:12:10.000000000 +0000 +++ pysvn-1.9.4/debian/changelog 2017-05-16 01:35:25.000000000 +0000 @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +pysvn (1.9.4-2ubuntu1) artful; urgency=medium + + * Only build with default Python 3 as building with multiple versions fails. + + -- Michael Hudson-Doyle <michael.hud...@ubuntu.com> Tue, 16 May 2017 12:46:01 +1200 + pysvn (1.9.4-2) unstable; urgency=medium * Adds patch 0001-fix-multiple-arch-support.patch to support diff -Nru pysvn-1.9.4/debian/control pysvn-1.9.4/debian/control --- pysvn-1.9.4/debian/control 2016-10-10 04:12:10.000000000 +0000 +++ pysvn-1.9.4/debian/control 2017-05-16 01:28:10.000000000 +0000 @@ -1,7 +1,8 @@ Source: pysvn Section: python Priority: optional -Maintainer: Debian Python Modules Team <python-modules-t...@lists.alioth.debian.org> +Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <ubuntu-devel-disc...@lists.ubuntu.com> +XSBC-Original-Maintainer: Debian Python Modules Team <python-modules-t...@lists.alioth.debian.org> Uploaders: Josue Ortega <jo...@debian.org> Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9), @@ -14,8 +15,8 @@ python-all-dev (>= 2.7.8), python-cxx-dev (>= 7.0.1), python-setuptools, - python3-all (>= 3.4.2), - python3-all-dev (>= 3.4.2), + python3 (>= 3.4.2), + python3-dev (>= 3.4.2), python3-setuptools (>= 5.5.1), python3-cxx-dev (>= 7.0.1), subversion (>= 1.8.10) diff -Nru pysvn-1.9.4/debian/rules pysvn-1.9.4/debian/rules --- pysvn-1.9.4/debian/rules 2016-10-10 04:12:10.000000000 +0000 +++ pysvn-1.9.4/debian/rules 2017-05-16 01:22:08.000000000 +0000 @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH := $(shell dpkg-architecture -qDEB_HOST_MULTIARCH) PYVERS := $(shell pyversions -vr debian/control) -PY3VERS := $(shell py3versions -vr debian/control) +PY3VERS := $(shell py3versions -vd) APR_INC = $(strip $(shell apr-config --includes | sed 's/-I//'))
