debian/changelog

+python-ruffus (2.8.1-2) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * Try hard to find Makefile to run test suite for Python2
+    Closes: #915382
+
+ -- Andreas Tille <tille@debian.org>  Mon, 03 Dec 2018 13:11:32 +0100
+
 python-ruffus (2.8.1-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   [ Jelmer Vernooij ]

debian/rules

@@ -25,7 +25,11 @@ ifeq (,$(filter nocheck,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
 		--test-args='set -e; \
 			    cd {build_dir}/$(PYBUILD_NAME)/test ; \
 			    if [ "{version.major}" = 2 ] ; then \
-				ln -s /build/python-ruffus-*/ruffus/test/Makefile ; \
+			        if [ -e $(CURDIR)/ruffus/test/Makefile ] ; then ln -s $(CURDIR)/ruffus/test/Makefile ; else \
+			            echo "Expected file $(CURDIR)/ruffus/test/Makefile not found" ; \
+			            echo "Use `find $(CURDIR) -name Makefile | grep test` instead" ; \
+			            ln -s `find $(CURDIR) -name Makefile | grep test | head -n1` ; \
+			        fi ; \
 			        cp -a run_all_unit_tests.cmd /tmp/run_all_unit_tests.cmd ; \
 			    else \
 				sed "s/^python3/python{version}/" run_all_unit_tests3.cmd > /tmp/run_all_unit_tests.cmd ; \