Hi Ricardo, [not sure, if Pedro is already subscribed to the list, adding him just in case.] Am 06.03.19 um 12:05 schrieb Ricardo Mones: > Hi Markus, > > On Tue, Mar 05, 2019 at 11:13:34PM +0100, Markus Koschany wrote: >> Hello Pedro, >> >> Am 05.03.19 um 15:14 schrieb Pedro Pena: >>> Hello Markus, > […] >>> I also have an issue with the deb helper version. When I change to a >>> version higher than 10, debuild creates fatal errors. >>> dpkg-checkbuilddeps: error: Unmet build dependencies: debhelper (>= >>> 11) >>> >>> Is it o.k. to leave it as 10 for now? >> >> You can even use debhelper 12 in Debian unstable. It works for me just >> fine. It is recommended to use an up-to-date Debian unstable/sid >> system for development because older versions or derivatives like >> Ubuntu don't provide all the features you need. Compat level 11 or 12 >> are not available in Debian 9. > > A couple of notes on this: > > • Don't need to migrate your system to unstable: just use a sid chroot > and cowbuilder/pbuilder to build the packages. Yes, of course. You can use a s(chroot) environment or setup a virtual machine, use a spare laptop, whatever. You just should avoid developing for Debian on another distribution or with older releases (Debian 9 in this case) because you will certainly miss some Debian specific changes, errors, warnings, etc. > > • Seems that jumping to 12 is not recommended at this point: > https://nthykier.wordpress.com/2019/01/04/debhelper-compat-12-is-now-released/ > > regards, I think it should be safe for infinitetux because it won't be part of Buster. Regards, Markus
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