diff -Nru dh-python-5.20220819/debian/changelog dh-python-5.20220819+rpi1/debian/changelog
--- dh-python-5.20220819/debian/changelog	2022-08-19 20:34:55.000000000 +0000
+++ dh-python-5.20220819+rpi1/debian/changelog	2022-08-25 20:47:15.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+dh-python (5.20220819+rpi1) bookworm-staging; urgency=medium
+
+  * Don't attempt to diff .a files.
+
+ -- Peter Michael Green <plugwash@raspbian.org>  Thu, 25 Aug 2022 20:47:15 +0000
+
 dh-python (5.20220819) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * flit plugin: Explicitly install using the "deb_system" sysconfig scheme.
diff -Nru dh-python-5.20220819/dhpython/fs.py dh-python-5.20220819+rpi1/dhpython/fs.py
--- dh-python-5.20220819/dhpython/fs.py	2022-08-19 20:34:55.000000000 +0000
+++ dh-python-5.20220819+rpi1/dhpython/fs.py	2022-08-25 20:46:56.000000000 +0000
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
         else:
             # The files differed so we cannot collapse them.
             log.warn('Paths differ: %s and %s', fpath1, fpath2)
-            if options.verbose and not i.endswith('.so'):
+            if options.verbose and not i.endswith('.so') and not i.endswith('.a'):
                 with open(fpath1) as fp1:
                     fromlines = fp1.readlines()
                 with open(fpath2) as fp2: