There has been a brace too much in line 3664 of makepanda.

makepanda/makepanda.py

@@ -3661,7 +3661,7 @@ if (PkgSkip("DIRECT")==0):
   OPTS=['DIR:direct/src/directbase', 'PYTHON']
   TargetAdd('directbase_directbase.obj', opts=OPTS+['BUILDING:DIRECT'], input='directbase.cxx')
 
-  if ((PkgSkip("PYTHON")==0 and not RTDIST and not RUNTIME):
+  if (PkgSkip("PYTHON")==0 and not RTDIST and not RUNTIME):
     DefSymbol("BUILDING:PACKPANDA", "IMPORT_MODULE", "direct.directscripts.packpanda")
     TargetAdd('packpanda.obj', opts=OPTS+['BUILDING:PACKPANDA'], input='ppython.cxx')
     TargetAdd('packpanda.exe', input='packpanda.obj')