Requirement for compat level 9

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On Sat, 04 Jan 2014 17:22:49 -0500, Stephen M. Webb wrote:

> The instructions available on the web are for older versions of the
> build infrastructure.  The debhelper(7) manual page does mention 
> dpkg-buildflags flags are passed through at compat level 9, but it isn't
> necessarily obvious what that means unless you have intimate knowledge
> of the build tool internals.

Oh, thanks for the further explanation. 

How can I make sure my building environment is at compat level 9? 

thanks