Re: Re: Re: Re: missing file in my package
Thank you for the information. I don't have time at the moment but i'm going to learn
about DH_COMPAT 2 and 3, specially when DH_COMPAT 1 is deprecated.
I promise that next time i build a package for esms, i'm going to use DH_COMPAT
2 or 3. Anyhow, the actual package i made works and i'd like it to be uploaded
as soon as possible (lets see if it's in time to get into woody). Could you do the NMU?
thanks,
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On Mon, 9 Jul 2001 15:54:00 +0200, Eric Van Buggenhaut <ericvb@debian.org> wrote:
>
> This is how you could track the problem (say you want to know more about
> DH_COMPAT) :
>
> [eric@femto:~]$ grep -r DH_COMPAT /usr/share/doc/*
> /usr/share/doc/debhelper/TODO:* DH_COMPAT 1. Can be removed once all packages
> are seen to be using 2 or
> /usr/share/doc/debhelper/examples/rules.indep:export DH_COMPAT=3
> /usr/share/doc/debhelper/examples/rules:export DH_COMPAT=3
> /usr/share/doc/debhelper/examples/rules.multi2:export DH_COMPAT=3
> /usr/share/doc/debhelper/examples/rules.multi:export DH_COMPAT=3
> /usr/share/doc/maint-guide/maint-guide.html/ch-dreq.html: 10 export
> DH_COMPAT=1
> [eric@femto:~]$
>
> - First line offers me to look at /usr/share/doc/debhelper/TODO :
>
> Deprecated:
>
> * DH_COMPAT 1. Can be removed once all packages are seen to be using 2 or
> higher. I won't hold my breath.
>
> - Next lines suggest that DH_COMPAT is strongly tied to debhelper, so
>
> [eric@femto:~]$ man debhelper
>
> [...]
>
> Debhelper compatability levels
>
> From time to time, major non-backwards-compatible changes
> need to be made to debhelper, to keep it clean and well-
> designed as needs change and its author gains more experi-
> ence. To prevent such major changes from breaking existing
> packages, the DH_COMPAT environment variable was intro-
> duced. DH_COMPAT may be set to a number, to determine
> which major revision of debhelper should be used. There
> are currently 3:
>
> V1 Setting DH_COMPAT=1 (or leaving it unset) causes deb-
> helper to act in compatability mode. It will use
> debian/tmp as the package tree directory for the first
> binary package listed in the control file, while using
> debian/<package> for all other packages listed in the
> control file. This mode is deprecated.
>
> [etc.]
>
> Please keep this thread Cc'd on debian-mentors@l.d.o. Other people would be interested in
> following it as well as there might be other people on the list who could answer your question too.
>
> --
> Eric VAN BUGGENHAUT
>
> Eric.VanBuggenhaut@AdValvas.be
>
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