[Pbuilder-maint] Bug#400848: pbuilder-satisfydepends chokes on tab characters

[John Dong]

Package: pbuilder
Version: 0.161

On a recent ubuntu xchat-gnome package ( 1:0.15-0ubuntu1), the
Build-Depends: line contained the following snippet...:

"libgnome2-dev (>=^I2.16.0)", where ^I was a tab character (ASCII code
09) instead of a space. This caused pbuilder to error with the
following output:

 -> Considering build-dep libgnome2-dev (>=
dpkg: --compare-versions bad relation

Type dpkg --help for help about installing and deinstalling packages [*];
Use `dselect' or `aptitude' for user-friendly package management;
Type dpkg -Dhelp for a list of dpkg debug flag values;
Type dpkg --force-help for a list of forcing options;
Type dpkg-deb --help for help about manipulating *.deb files;
Type dpkg --license for copyright license and lack of warranty (GNU GPL) [*].

Options marked [*] produce a lot of output - pipe it through `less' or `more' !
      Tried versions: 2.16.0-0ubuntu1
   -> Does not satisfy version, not trying



Yet the package builds successfully in the ubuntu buildd's. After
talking to some Ubuntu developers about this, the concensus was that
this was a pbuilder bug, and pbuilder should be able to handle tab
characters.
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