On some kind-of-minimalistic Ubuntu 18.04.1 extra python package `python-setuptools` was needed in order to compile from source the final DEB.
```
dpkg-buildpackage: info: source version 1.2.1
dpkg-buildpackage: info: source changed by Julien Fortin <julien@cumulusnetworks.com>
dpkg-source --before-build ifupdown2
dpkg-buildpackage: info: host architecture amd64
dpkg-checkbuilddeps: error: Unmet build dependencies: python-setuptools
dpkg-buildpackage: warning: build dependencies/conflicts unsatisfied; aborting
```
.. code-block:: console
- $ apt-get install build-essential devscripts dh-systemd fakeroot python-all python-docutils iproute2 python-ipaddr python-argcomplete
+ $ apt-get install build-essential devscripts dh-systemd fakeroot python-all python-docutils iproute2 python-ipaddr python-argcomplete python-setuptools
Suggested dependencies: