On 01/04/2014 06:48 PM, T o n g wrote: > On Sat, 04 Jan 2014 18:39:23 -0500, Stephen M. Webb wrote: > > I know I can force compat level to 9 just like that. But what I want to > know is how to make sure my building environment is up to that level. > E.g., in a very old Debian system, e.g., potato, you can "set" debian/ > compat to 9, but I don't think it will work. The requirement, that's what > I'd like to know.
In debian/control, add the line Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9) If you're trying to build in an environment that does not have at least debhelper 9, the build will fail early. -- Stephen M. Webb <stephen.w...@bregmasoft.ca> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/52c8a137.1060...@bregmasoft.ca