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Bug#1111856: compat-el: autopkgtest regression: dh_elpa_test: command not found



Hello,

On Fri 29 Aug 2025 at 03:08pm -07, Xiyue Deng wrote:

> Hi Sean,
>
> Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> writes:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> On Thu 28 Aug 2025 at 06:07pm -07, Xiyue Deng wrote:
>>
>>> Specifically for compat-el, I don't think it's useful in Debian anymore.
>>
>> This makes sense to me, but do we know why it was ever useful?
>
> It was useful before we had the breaks/replaces/provides for built-in
> packages: when a package explicitly specifies `compat' in
> `Package-Requires', dh-elpa will generate an explicit dependency on
> elpa-compat.

Then I think we should remove it.

-- 
Sean Whitton

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