tag -1 patch tzdata is no longer regularly installed in buildd chroots; adding it to Build-Depends fixes the FTBFS.
I have made an NMU to DELAYED/5. Feel free to reschedule or cancel as you see fit. Cheers, -Hilko
diff -Nru libmateweather-1.16.1/debian/changelog libmateweather-1.16.1/debian/changelog --- libmateweather-1.16.1/debian/changelog 2016-11-27 15:29:09.000000000 +0100 +++ libmateweather-1.16.1/debian/changelog 2016-12-21 23:20:25.000000000 +0100 @@ -1,3 +1,10 @@ +libmateweather (1.16.1-1.1) unstable; urgency=medium + + * Non-maintainer upload + * Add tzdata build dependency, fixing FTBFS (Closes: #848742) + + -- Hilko Bengen <ben...@debian.org> Wed, 21 Dec 2016 23:20:25 +0100 + libmateweather (1.16.1-1) unstable; urgency=medium * New upstream release. diff -Nru libmateweather-1.16.1/debian/control libmateweather-1.16.1/debian/control --- libmateweather-1.16.1/debian/control 2016-10-01 10:05:07.000000000 +0200 +++ libmateweather-1.16.1/debian/control 2016-12-21 23:19:42.000000000 +0100 @@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ libxml2-dev, libxml2-utils, mate-common (>= 1.16), + tzdata, Standards-Version: 3.9.8 Homepage: http://www.mate-desktop.org/ Vcs-Browser: https://anonscm.debian.org/git/pkg-mate/libmateweather.git