Package: cdbs Version: 0.4.96 Hi,
debhelper.mk has hard-coded rules for debhelper compatibility levels DH_COMPAT = 4, 5, 6, and 7 to add build-dependencies on, respectively, debhelper, debhelper, debhelper (>= 6), and debhelper (>= 7.0.1). However, there is no such code for compatibility levels 8 or 9, and so no dependency on debhelper is added at all. It would be helpful to handle these, since there are interesting things in these two levels (I'm currently looking at a CDBS-using package with multiarch support, which is easier at compatibility level 9).
Please add code to add appropriate build-dependencies, preferably versioned build-dependencies on debhelper at compatibility levels 8 or 9. (For 9, I'm not really sure what you should do since debhelper 9 isn't out yet; a dependency on either (>= 8.1.3~), when compatibility level 9 was released, or (>= 8.9.1), the most recent change to the meaning of that compatibility level, seems reasonable to me in the interim. The first is suggested by the http://wiki.debian.org/Multiarch/Implementation page.)
It would also be nice if debhelper.mk added an unversioned build-dependency on debhelper, or perhaps a build-dependency on debhelper (>= $(DH_COMPAT)), for robustness to future versions it doesn't know about yet.
Thanks, -- Geoffrey Thomas http://ldpreload.com geo...@ldpreload.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
