Bug#891555: Detect and warn about debhelper >= 11 instead of 11~ b-d

On 02/26/2018 10:02 PM, Niels Thykier wrote: > Thomas Goirand: >> [...] >> >> And then debhelper 12 is released, people start to use it, and guess >> what happens... :) >> > > I am prototyping an alternative in debhelper that may make this issue > obsolete. At the moment (since 11.1.5) you can

Bug#891555: Detect and warn about debhelper >= 11 instead of 11~ b-d

Thomas Goirand: > [...] > > And then debhelper 12 is released, people start to use it, and guess > what happens... :) > I am prototyping an alternative in debhelper that may make this issue obsolete. At the moment (since 11.1.5) you can use: Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 11) as a

Bug#891555: Detect and warn about debhelper >= 11 instead of 11~ b-d

On 02/26/2018 06:10 PM, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > Hi, > > On Mon, 26 Feb 2018, Thomas Goirand wrote: >> Currently, there's debhelper 11~bpo9+1 in Stretch. However, mostly everyone >> build-depends on debhelper (>= 11), making it impossible to use the >> backported >> debhelper without fixing the

Bug#891555: Detect and warn about debhelper >= 11 instead of 11~ b-d

tags 891555 + wontfix thanks Thanks for providing the background detail re. the backport. > Just bear with it for some weeks for few packages... Mmm, that's the most sensible approach IMHO too. Closing the bug to match, but thanks Zigo for raising this so we can get some explicit explanation.

Bug#891555: Detect and warn about debhelper >= 11 instead of 11~ b-d

Agreed. Just bear with it for some weeks for few packages... On Mon, 26 Feb 2018, 6:10 p.m. Raphael Hertzog, wrote: > Hi, > > On Mon, 26 Feb 2018, Thomas Goirand wrote: > > Currently, there's debhelper 11~bpo9+1 in Stretch. However, mostly > everyone > > build-depends on

Bug#891555: Detect and warn about debhelper >= 11 instead of 11~ b-d

Hi, On Mon, 26 Feb 2018, Thomas Goirand wrote: > Currently, there's debhelper 11~bpo9+1 in Stretch. However, mostly everyone > build-depends on debhelper (>= 11), making it impossible to use the backported > debhelper without fixing the debhelper version of the software to backport. > > It'd be

Bug#891555: Detect and warn about debhelper >= 11 instead of 11~ b-d

Package: lintian Version: 2.5.50.4 Severity: wishlist Hi, Currently, there's debhelper 11~bpo9+1 in Stretch. However, mostly everyone build-depends on debhelper (>= 11), making it impossible to use the backported debhelper without fixing the debhelper version of the software to backport. It'd