Bug#409103: lintian: [Add new check] check debian/compat file against debian/control::Build-Depands(debhelper)

To: Jari Aalto <jari.aalto@cante.net>
Cc: 409103@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Bug#409103: lintian: [Add new check] check debian/compat file against debian/control::Build-Depands(debhelper)
From: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 15:11:59 -0800
Message-id: <[🔎] 87veio3y9s.fsf@windlord.stanford.edu>
Reply-to: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>, 409103@bugs.debian.org
In-reply-to: <[🔎] 20070105094546.6969.16785.reportbug@cante> (Jari Aalto's message of "Fri, 05 Jan 2007 11:45:46 +0200")
References: <[🔎] 20070105094546.6969.16785.reportbug@cante>

Jari Aalto <jari.aalto@cante.net> writes:

> Package: lintian
> Version: 1.23.27
> Severity: wishlist

> NEW FEATURE DESCRIPTION

>   Read the value of debian/compat and verify that it matches the value
>   major version of debhelper announced in of debian/control::Build-Depands 

Unless I'm misunderstanding what you're talking about, lintian already
does this and has for quite a while.

-- 
Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org)               <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>

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