gregor herrmann <gre...@debian.org> writes: > I just got a "package-lacks-versioned-build-depends-on-debhelper" > warning for a package with "8" in debian/compat and a build > dependency on "debhelper (>= 7.9.1)".
> It seems that Joey has broken lintian's logic [0] by introducing a > new compatibility level without bumping debhelper's major version :) Well, my understanding is that you're not supposed to use compat level 8 yet because it's not finalized and might still change, but that may be an erroneous impression gleaned from a misunderstanding of the debhelper changelog entries. Hm, I guess the changelog doesn't exactly say that, just says that it's experimental. > /* > The info for the tag might also be slightly misleading: > "The package doesn't declare a versioned build dependency on > debhelper." should probably be something like "doesn't declare any or > a high enough versioned dependency ..." (converted to proper English > of course). > */ Agreed. -- Russ Allbery (r...@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
