diff -u simba-0.8.4/debian/changelog simba-0.8.4/debian/changelog
--- simba-0.8.4/debian/changelog
+++ simba-0.8.4/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+simba (0.8.4-4.3) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * Non-maintainer upload.
+  * Fix "FTBFS: RoPkg::Rsync          ...failed! (needed)":
+    debian/rules: tell ExtUtils::AutoInstall not to try to download modules
+    from the CPAN.
+    (Closes: #759979)
+  * Fix "FTBFS with '.' removed from perl's @INC":
+    call perl with "-I." in debian/rules.
+    (Closes: #834356)
+
+ -- gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>  Sun, 21 Aug 2016 21:29:24 +0200
+
 simba (0.8.4-4.2) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * Non-maintainer upload.
diff -u simba-0.8.4/debian/rules simba-0.8.4/debian/rules
--- simba-0.8.4/debian/rules
+++ simba-0.8.4/debian/rules
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 configure-stamp:
 	dh_testdir
 
-	$(PERL) Makefile.PL verbose INSTALLDIRS=vendor
+	$(PERL) -I. Makefile.PL --skipdeps verbose INSTALLDIRS=vendor
 
 	touch configure-stamp