Hi, On Thu, Oct 15, 2026 at 03:33:12PM +0300, Martin-Éric Racine wrote: > This being said, I cannot help but wonder why > /usr/share/dpkg/default.mk simply doesn't include buildtools.mk by > default. Filing a bug there would be more productive than patching > individual packages to include it.
In rare cases, the change can break things. To avoid such breakage, dpkg introduced something like debhelper compatibility levels. You can find more about them in man dpkg-build-api. Once you bump to api 1 or later, default.mk includes buildtools.mk. Helmut
