Bug#588156: lintian: [checks/debhelper] logic doesn't work for dh >= 7.9.1 and compat level 8
gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org> writes:
> I just got a "package-lacks-versioned-build-depends-on-debhelper"
> warning for a package with "8" in debian/compat and a build
> dependency on "debhelper (>= 7.9.1)".
> It seems that Joey has broken lintian's logic [0] by introducing a
> new compatibility level without bumping debhelper's major version :)
Well, my understanding is that you're not supposed to use compat level 8
yet because it's not finalized and might still change, but that may be an
erroneous impression gleaned from a misunderstanding of the debhelper
changelog entries. Hm, I guess the changelog doesn't exactly say that,
just says that it's experimental.
> /*
> The info for the tag might also be slightly misleading:
> "The package doesn't declare a versioned build dependency on
> debhelper." should probably be something like "doesn't declare any or
> a high enough versioned dependency ..." (converted to proper English
> of course).
> */
Agreed.
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Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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