tags 837618 patch thanks
The attached patch works for me.
--- dh_installxmlcatalogs.old 2016-09-23 21:25:51.396231999 +0200 +++ dh_installxmlcatalogs 2016-09-23 21:23:31.447489900 +0200 @@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ use Debian::Debhelper::Dh_Lib; use Debian::Debhelper::Dh_Version; -$Debian::Debhelper::Dh_Version::version =~ /^(\d+)\.(\d+)/ +$Debian::Debhelper::Dh_Version::version =~ /^(\d+)(\.(\d+))*/ or error("Unexpected debhelper version format"); # For the "sub" argument to autoscript: $1 > 9 or ($1 == 9 and $2 >= '20120909') or error('debhelper 9.20120909 or later required');