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debian/compat can be replaced by debhelper-compat (= 9) with a "new enough" debhelper #8

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nthykier opened this issue Jul 25, 2020 · 4 comments
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debian/compat can be replaced by debhelper-compat (= 9) with a "new enough" debhelper #8

nthykier opened this issue Jul 25, 2020 · 4 comments

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@nthykier
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In recent versions of debhelper, it has become possible to remove the debian/compat file by replacing it with a Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= X), where X is the number you would have put in debian/compat (requires debhelper >= 11.3 and X >= 9). This makes packaging feel a bit more "DRY". :)

The existing method still works and is still supported if you are stuck on older versions of debhelper or need older compat versions than 9.
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yurtpage commented Jul 5, 2024

So now it's recommended to use the Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= X) instead of the compact file, right?

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yurtpage commented Jul 5, 2024

I removed the compact file and debuild returned an error:

dh: error: Please specify the compatibility level in debian/compat or via Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= X)

So it looks like this is a default and recommended way now.

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yurtpage commented Jul 5, 2024

It would be really good to make the notice and mention the new preferred way in the Debain control files docs here https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/maint-guide/dother.en.html#compat

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nthykier commented Jul 6, 2024

Thanks for flagging that being out of date. I have filed #1075842 to have it updated. :)

ilkermeliksitki added a commit to ilkermeliksitki/mpv-build that referenced this issue Dec 18, 2024
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replace debian/compat with debhelper-compat
a664c8d 
While building the package, by using equivs-build and debian/control
file, I got the following error:

```
root@a625b7a1de7c:/mpv-build# equivs-build --full debian/control
dpkg-buildpackage: info: source package mpv
dpkg-buildpackage: info: source version 1.0
dpkg-buildpackage: info: source distribution unstable
dpkg-buildpackage: info: source changed by Kevin Mitchell <[email protected]>
dpkg-buildpackage: info: host architecture amd64
 dpkg-source --before-build .
 debian/rules clean
dh clean
dh: error: Please specify the compatibility level in debian/compat or via Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= X)
make: *** [debian/rules:3: clean] Error 255
dpkg-buildpackage: error: debian/rules clean subprocess returned exit status 2
Error in the build process: exit status 2
```
Based on the error message, I replaced debian/compat with
debhelper-compate (= 12) in debian/control file. The existing
compat file didn't help to build the package.

[Reference](FooBarWidget/debian-packaging-for-the-modern-developer#8 (comment))

Changes to be committed:
      deleted:    compat
      modified:   control
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