Hi, It's fixed in upstream releases 1.18.1 and 1.16.1. For now, here's the patch from upstream commit:
https://github.com/mate-desktop/mate-utils/commit/550229e422cd88fe39473f41cebe6cef12f6c8fb.patch
- Bug#865890: mate-utils FTBFS: error: unknown ty... Adrian Bunk
- Bug#865890: marked as done (mate-utils FTB... Debian Bug Tracking System
- Bug#865890: mate-utils FTBFS: error: unkno... Vlad Orlov
