diff -Nru germinate-2.33/debian/changelog germinate-2.34/debian/changelog
--- germinate-2.33/debian/changelog	2020-03-22 21:51:51.000000000 +0000
+++ germinate-2.34/debian/changelog	2020-06-22 07:35:19.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+germinate (2.34) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * Fix lint errors with latest flake8 (closes: #963390).
+
+ -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com>  Mon, 22 Jun 2020 08:35:19 +0100
+
 germinate (2.33) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   [ Colin Watson ]
diff -Nru germinate-2.33/germinate/germinator.py germinate-2.34/germinate/germinator.py
--- germinate-2.33/germinate/germinator.py	2020-03-22 21:51:51.000000000 +0000
+++ germinate-2.34/germinate/germinator.py	2020-06-22 07:35:19.000000000 +0000
@@ -302,10 +302,10 @@
             try:
                 left_lesser = self._germinator._strictly_outer_seeds(self)
                 right_lesser = other._germinator._strictly_outer_seeds(other)
-                left_close = [l for l in left_lesser
-                              if self.name in l._close_seeds]
-                right_close = [l for l in right_lesser
-                               if other.name in l._close_seeds]
+                left_close = [s for s in left_lesser
+                              if self.name in s._close_seeds]
+                right_close = [s for s in right_lesser
+                               if other.name in s._close_seeds]
                 if left_close != right_close:
                     return False
                 left_branch = self.structure.branch
@@ -1392,8 +1392,8 @@
 
         lesserseeds = self._strictly_outer_seeds(seed)
         if close:
-            lesserseeds = [l for l in lesserseeds
-                           if seed.name in l._close_seeds]
+            lesserseeds = [s for s in lesserseeds
+                           if seed.name in s._close_seeds]
         for trydep in trylist:
             for lesserseed in lesserseeds:
                 if (trydep in lesserseed._entries or