[SCM] Debian package checker branch, master, updated. 2.4.2-24-g254966b

["Russ Allbery" <rra@debian.org>]

The following commit has been merged in the master branch:
commit 254966bf0aaf79685f3e5a56be3253dedd30a04f
Author: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
Date:   Sun Jul 25 17:26:37 2010 -0700

    Allow a tilde after the debhelper dependency
    
    * checks/debhelper{,.desc}:
      + [RA] Allow a tilde after the compatibility level in the debhelper
        dependency.  Thanks, Axel Beckert.  (Closes: #583777)

diff --git a/checks/debhelper b/checks/debhelper
index e35cac1..32249b3 100644
--- a/checks/debhelper
+++ b/checks/debhelper
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ while (defined(my $file=readdir(DEBIAN))) {
 	    tag 'missing-build-dependency-for-dh_-command', "$command=$dep"
 		unless ($bdepends_noarch->implies($dep));
 	}
-	my $needed = "debhelper (>= $level)";
+	my $needed = "debhelper (>= $level~)";
 	if (not $bdepends->implies($needed)) {
 	    tag "package-lacks-versioned-build-depends-on-debhelper", $level;
 	} elsif (@versioncheck or $overridetargets) {
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 89a188d..d158eb8 100755
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -15,10 +15,12 @@ lintian (2.4.3) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   * checks/changelog-file{,.desc}:
     + [RA] apt-listchanges has been fixed, so drop the check for NEWS
       files ending in a trailing blank line.  (Closes: #586816)
-  * checks/debhelper.desc:
+  * checks/debhelper{,.desc}:
     + [RA] package-lacks-versioned-build-depends-on-debhelper can also
       trigger if the dependency is present but not tight enough.  Thanks,
       gregor herrmann.  (Closes: #588156)
+    + [RA] Allow a tilde after the compatibility level in the debhelper
+      dependency.  Thanks, Axel Beckert.  (Closes: #583777)
   * checks/description.desc:
     + [RA] Downgrade description-too-long to minor severity to match bug
       reporting standards for formatting bugs.  (Closes: #587837)

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