Louis-Philippe Véronneau pushed to branch warning-debian-compat-file at lintian / lintian
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by Louis-Philippe Véronneau at 2025-09-04T14:24:30-04:00
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| 1 | 1 | Tag: uses-debhelper-compat-file
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| 2 | 2 | Severity: warning
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| 3 | 3 | Check: debhelper
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| 4 | -Explanation: This package uses a <code>debian/compat</code> file to denote the
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| 5 | - required debhelper compatibility number.
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| 4 | +Explanation: This package declares its debhelper compatibility level with the
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| 5 | + <code>debian/compat</code> file.
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| 6 | 6 | .
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| 7 | - However, debhelper has replaced <code>debian/compat</code> with the
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| 8 | - <code>debhelper-compat</code> virtual package for most circumstances.
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| 7 | + The recommended way to do so is to use the virtual package
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| 8 | + <code>debhelper-compat</code> instead.
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| 9 | 9 | .
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| 10 | - Packages not using an experimental or beta compatibility level should
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| 11 | - Build-Depend on the <code>debhelper-compat</code> virtual package, for
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| 10 | + From debhelper 14 onward, using <code>debian/compat</code> will not work
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| 11 | + anymore.
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| 12 | + .
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| 13 | + As such, unless you need an experimental or beta compatibility level, please
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| 14 | + remove the <code>debian/compat</code> file and add the
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| 15 | + <code>debhelper-compat</code> virtual package to your Build-Depends, for
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| 12 | 16 | example:
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| 13 | 17 | .
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| 14 | 18 | Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 13)
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