Re: Requirement for compat level 9
On 01/04/2014 06:48 PM, T o n g wrote:
> On Sat, 04 Jan 2014 18:39:23 -0500, Stephen M. Webb wrote:
>
> I know I can force compat level to 9 just like that. But what I want to
> know is how to make sure my building environment is up to that level.
> E.g., in a very old Debian system, e.g., potato, you can "set" debian/
> compat to 9, but I don't think it will work. The requirement, that's what
> I'd like to know.
In debian/control, add the line
Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9)
If you're trying to build in an environment that does not have at least debhelper 9, the build will fail early.
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Stephen M. Webb <stephen.webb@bregmasoft.ca>
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