Quoting Niels Thykier (2015-11-17 19:14:00) > Jonas Smedegaard: > > Quoting Niels Thykier (2015-11-16 23:22:47) >>> I happened to rebuild cdbs today with the newly uploaded >>> debhelper/9.20151116 and it FTBFS (test/debhelper-5.sh fails). >>> >>> AFAICT, the issue is that the test case removes "debian/compat", >>> making the (test) build default to compat 1, which is no longer >>> supported. >> >> Sounds to me like a bug in debhelper, then: That you have not raised >> the floor of debhelper to compatibility level 3, but removed the >> floor. >> >> Or rephrased: Is it a documented "feature" that debhelper now >> _mandates_ a debian/compat file - that leaving it out does not assume >> lowest supported compatibility level but cause breakage?
> Mind you, debhelper does *not* mandate a debian/compat at this time > (although it is expected to become mandatory in the future). What has > become mandatory is that the package declares an explicit compat of 3 > or higher (4 being minimum by the end of the year). This can still be > done by using the DH_COMPAT environment variable. Right, that is what I meant. Thanks for clarifying. I read COMPATIBILITY LEVELS section of debhelper man page as that being an optional feature. Since that (as you clarify below) effectively is no longer the case, I suggest clarify by sprinkling a few "must" into that section - and while at it extend to document DH_COMPAT (and which is used when both are applied) at the same place. - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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