On Mon, Jul 09, 2007 at 04:48:05PM +0200, Bruno Costacurta wrote: > Hello, > what is the policy about file debian/compat ?
It's a part of the interface to debhelper, and as such is documented in the debhelper documentation. > I was not able to find any policy about it in 'Debian Policy Manual' on > debian.org. It seems it should contain package version mentionned in > field 'Build-depends:' in debian/control for building from source package ? Debian policy does not describe or discuss debhelper; you can build packages just fine without it. (It isn't very common, though, but some prefer it.) /* Steinar */ -- Homepage: http://www.sesse.net/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]