deskbar-applet version 2.32.0-1ubuntu2 failed to build in oneiric

deskbar-applet version 2.32.0-1ubuntu2 failed to build in oneiric
Link to failed build: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archive/test-rebuild-20110816/+build/2691330

Details about the rebuild:
http://people.ubuntuwire.org/~wgrant/rebuild-ftbfs-test/test-rebuild-20110816-oneiric.html

Direct link to the build log: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archive/test-rebuild-20110816/+build/2691330/+files/buildlog_ubuntu-oneiric-amd64.deskbar-applet_2.32.0-1ubuntu2_FAILEDTOBUILD.txt.gz

This log snippet might be of interest, since it triggered the matcher 'Purging chroot-autobuild'.
Excerpt 1641 lines into the build log:

checking for gconftool-2... /usr/bin/gconftool-2
Using config source xml:merged:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults for schema installation
Using $(sysconfdir)/gconf/schemas as install directory for schema files
checking for a Python interpreter with version >= 2.4... python
checking for python... /usr/bin/python
checking for python version... 2.7
checking for python platform... linux2
checking for python script directory... ${prefix}/lib/python2.7/dist-packages
checking for python extension module directory... ${exec_prefix}/lib/python2.7/dist-packages
checking for headers required to compile python extensions... found
checking for DESKBAR... yes
checking for gnomeapplet module... no
configure: error: gnomeapplet Python module required to build deskbar
make: *** [debian/stamp-autotools] Error 1
dpkg-buildpackage: error: debian/rules build gave error exit status 2
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Build finished at 20110820-0356
FAILED [dpkg-buildpackage died]
Purging chroot-autobuild/build/buildd/deskbar-applet-2.32.0