Re: debian/compat and debian/control debhelper dependency
On Sun, Nov 13, 2016 at 03:59:07PM -0700, Sean Whitton wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 13, 2016 at 11:53:36PM +0100, Jérémy Lal wrote:
> > Aren't the two redundant ?
>
> Not always, no.
>
> debhelper compat 10 was available before debhelper version 10 was
> released.
And even aside from that, one sometimes needs to build-depend on a newer
debhelper because it fixes a bug or adds a particular feature, yet
without necessarily immediately opting into all the
compatibility-breaking changes that come with the higher compat level.
--
Colin Watson [cjwatson@debian.org]
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