Re: debhelper versions
On Fri, Nov 22, 2019 at 9:44 PM Wookey wrote:
> No, the compat file should match the dependency, and determines the
> actual behaviour of debhelper in the packaging. i.e. that's the
> important bit, and the control file dependency is just being set to
> match.
BTW, to avoid the possibility of mismatches, the debian/compat file
has been replaced in debhelper 12 with a debhelper-compat versioned
virtual package. So instead of depending on debhelper (>= 12~) you now
depend on debhelper-compat (= 12) instead and delete debian/compat. Of
course, you won't be able to use this since you need to support old
releases, but at some point in the future this feature will make
things simpler for you.
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bye,
pabs
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