-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 reassign 522613 cdbs retitle 522613 dh compat 6 must depend on v6 (not v5.0.44) thanks
On Sun, Apr 05, 2009 at 08:38:46PM +0100, Adam D. Barratt wrote: >On Sun, 2009-04-05 at 11:58 +0200, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: >> Lintian reports problems with debhelper dependency when using "6" in >> compat and build-depending on debhelper version 5.0.44. >> >> Debhelper itself claims support for compat version 6 in its changelog >> entry for version 5.0.44, which is the reason this version was used in >> CDBS dependency resolving. > >The changelog for 5.0.44 says "introducing beginning of v6 mode" which >is somewhat weaker than "support for compat version 6" imo. > >v6 mode was not finalised until the release of debhelper 6.0.0, as is >the custom with debhelper versioning, so I believe Lintian is correct >here. Depending on debhelper 5.0.44 will give you some v6 >functionality, but by no means all of it. Thanks - also to Russ. Your explanations make sense to me. I will fix my 70+ packages having too weak dependency, and reassign this bugreport to cdbs (where I will most probably fix it myself - I help maintain that package, am to blame to relaxing that very dependency hint). Kind regards, - Jonas - -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist og Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAknZHeIACgkQn7DbMsAkQLg7tQCeNz9UMtmlKJFSCaBdbgXG+DPs ANYAnjffxWeJo+074TraSPXufVXMExvR =lDmH -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
