Re: Requirement for compat level 9

2014-01-04 Thread Stephen M. Webb
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., potat

Re: Requirement for compat level 9

2014-01-04 Thread Russ Allbery
T o n g writes: > 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

Re: Requirement for compat level 9

2014-01-04 Thread T o n g
On Sat, 04 Jan 2014 18:39:23 -0500, Stephen M. Webb wrote: >> How can I make sure my building environment is at compat level 9? > >>From he debhelper(7) manpage: > > Tell debhelper what compatibility level to use by writing a number to > debian/compat. For example, to turn on v9 mode: > >

Re: Requirement for compat level 9

2014-01-04 Thread Stephen M. Webb
On 01/04/2014 05:31 PM, T o n g wrote: > On Sat, 04 Jan 2014 17:22:49 -0500, Stephen M. Webb wrote: > >> The instructions available on the web are for older versions of the >> build infrastructure. The debhelper(7) manual page does mention >> dpkg-buildflags flags are passed through at compat le

Requirement for compat level 9

2014-01-04 Thread T o n g
On Sat, 04 Jan 2014 17:22:49 -0500, Stephen M. Webb wrote: > The instructions available on the web are for older versions of the > build infrastructure. The debhelper(7) manual page does mention > dpkg-buildflags flags are passed through at compat level 9, but it isn't > necessarily obvious what