On Mon, 2007-07-09 at 16:48 +0200, Bruno Costacurta wrote:
> what is the policy about file debian/compat ?
>
> I was not able to find any policy about it in 'Debian Policy Manual' on
> debian.org. It seems it should contain package version mentionned in
> field 'Build-depends:' in debian/control for building from source package ?
>
> Ie. if my package is build with latest version of dpkg-buildpackage (from
> package dpkg-dev) I should mention following:
>
> 'Build-depends: dpkg-dev' in debian/control
> ' 1.13.25' in debian/compat
>
> I'm correct ?
No, see "Debhelper compatibility levels" in man debhelper.
Ross
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