diff -Nru devscripts-2.18.9/debian/changelog devscripts-2.18.9+rpi1/debian/changelog
--- devscripts-2.18.9/debian/changelog	2018-11-13 12:52:35.000000000 +0000
+++ devscripts-2.18.9+rpi1/debian/changelog	2018-11-18 02:31:45.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+devscripts (2.18.9+rpi1) buster-staging; urgency=medium
+
+  * Disable testsuite.
+
+ -- Peter Michael Green <plugwash@raspbian.org>  Sun, 18 Nov 2018 02:31:45 +0000
+
 devscripts (2.18.9) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * Fix FTBFS due to a missing dependency in the Makefile.
diff -Nru devscripts-2.18.9/debian/rules devscripts-2.18.9+rpi1/debian/rules
--- devscripts-2.18.9/debian/rules	2018-10-30 15:37:10.000000000 +0000
+++ devscripts-2.18.9+rpi1/debian/rules	2018-11-18 02:31:45.000000000 +0000
@@ -15,3 +15,6 @@
 override_dh_gencontrol:
 	dh_gencontrol -- $(SUBSTVARS) \
 		-V"devscripts:LongDesc=$$(cat README| awk '/^- annotate-output/,/^  mailing lists./'|sed -e '/^[[:space:]]*$$/d' -e 's/^/ /g')"
+
+override_dh_auto_test:
+	echo testsuite disabled