Louis-Philippe Véronneau pushed to branch warning-debian-compat-file at lintian / lintian
Commits: d977053f by Louis-Philippe Véronneau at 2025-09-04T14:24:30-04:00 rework the uses-debhelper-compat-file tag message and add mention of breakage in dh14 - - - - - 1 changed file: - tags/u/uses-debhelper-compat-file.tag Changes: ===================================== tags/u/uses-debhelper-compat-file.tag ===================================== @@ -1,14 +1,18 @@ Tag: uses-debhelper-compat-file Severity: warning Check: debhelper -Explanation: This package uses a <code>debian/compat</code> file to denote the - required debhelper compatibility number. +Explanation: This package declares its debhelper compatibility level with the + <code>debian/compat</code> file. . - However, debhelper has replaced <code>debian/compat</code> with the - <code>debhelper-compat</code> virtual package for most circumstances. + The recommended way to do so is to use the virtual package + <code>debhelper-compat</code> instead. . - Packages not using an experimental or beta compatibility level should - Build-Depend on the <code>debhelper-compat</code> virtual package, for + From debhelper 14 onward, using <code>debian/compat</code> will not work + anymore. + . + As such, unless you need an experimental or beta compatibility level, please + remove the <code>debian/compat</code> file and add the + <code>debhelper-compat</code> virtual package to your Build-Depends, for example: . Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 13) View it on GitLab: https://salsa.debian.org/lintian/lintian/-/commit/d977053f0fefda52cc1197208134eb2ac743be88 -- View it on GitLab: https://salsa.debian.org/lintian/lintian/-/commit/d977053f0fefda52cc1197208134eb2ac743be88 You're receiving this email because of your account on salsa.debian.org.
