Thank you for the information. I don't have time at the moment but i'm going to learn about DH_COMPAT 2 and 3, specially when DH_COMPAT 1 is deprecated.
I promise that next time i build a package for esms, i'm going to use DH_COMPAT 2 or 3. Anyhow, the actual package i made works and i'd like it to be uploaded as soon as possible (lets see if it's in time to get into woody). Could you do the NMU? thanks, -- Robert Millan Debian GNU (Hurd) user zeratul2 wanadoo es http://getyouriso.org/ On Mon, 9 Jul 2001 15:54:00 +0200, Eric Van Buggenhaut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This is how you could track the problem (say you want to know more about > DH_COMPAT) : > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~]$ grep -r DH_COMPAT /usr/share/doc/* > /usr/share/doc/debhelper/TODO:* DH_COMPAT 1. Can be removed once all packages > are seen to be using 2 or > /usr/share/doc/debhelper/examples/rules.indep:export DH_COMPAT=3 > /usr/share/doc/debhelper/examples/rules:export DH_COMPAT=3 > /usr/share/doc/debhelper/examples/rules.multi2:export DH_COMPAT=3 > /usr/share/doc/debhelper/examples/rules.multi:export DH_COMPAT=3 > /usr/share/doc/maint-guide/maint-guide.html/ch-dreq.html: 10 export > DH_COMPAT=1 > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~]$ > > - First line offers me to look at /usr/share/doc/debhelper/TODO : > > Deprecated: > > * DH_COMPAT 1. Can be removed once all packages are seen to be using 2 or > higher. I won't hold my breath. > > - Next lines suggest that DH_COMPAT is strongly tied to debhelper, so > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~]$ man debhelper > > [...] > > Debhelper compatability levels > > From time to time, major non-backwards-compatible changes > need to be made to debhelper, to keep it clean and well- > designed as needs change and its author gains more experi- > ence. To prevent such major changes from breaking existing > packages, the DH_COMPAT environment variable was intro- > duced. DH_COMPAT may be set to a number, to determine > which major revision of debhelper should be used. There > are currently 3: > > V1 Setting DH_COMPAT=1 (or leaving it unset) causes deb- > helper to act in compatability mode. It will use > debian/tmp as the package tree directory for the first > binary package listed in the control file, while using > debian/<package> for all other packages listed in the > control file. This mode is deprecated. > > [etc.] > > Please keep this thread Cc'd on [EMAIL PROTECTED] Other people would be > interested in > following it as well as there might be other people on the list who could > answer your question too. > > -- > Eric VAN BUGGENHAUT > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
