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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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