Re: DH_COMPAT 2 or 3 ?
On Tue, Apr 03, 2001 at 09:04:41AM -0400, Gopal Narayanan wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 03, 2001 at 10:40:11AM +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote:
> > I've done the ocaml-findlib package with 'export DH_COMPAT=3' in the
> > debian/rules.
> > Some user report me the impossibility of build the same package from the
> > sources on a debian potato.
> > The compilation fail on dh_clean that right report an error.
> >
> > If I turn DH_COMPAT to 2 all compile correctly even on a potato.
> >
> > So, why (and when) I have to use DH_COMPAT=3 ?
>
> The version of debhelper on potato does not recognize
> DH_COMPAT=3. That is a feature in the debhelper ver >3.0. That may
> explain the problem of building on a potato machine.
Is there any way of telling if we are building on a potato system or in a
woody or unstable system in the rules file ? This could be handy for other
kind of stuff also.
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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