[debhelper-devel] Bug#868282: Bug#868282: debhelper ?

[Niels Thykier]

GM:
> Can someone explain why virtualbox 5.1.22-dfsg-2 works without debhelper
> package (I haven't installed it at all) and 5.1.22-dfsg-3 requires
> debhelper 10.6.4 and it is even not in a dependency.
> 

virtualbox is built using a tool can debhelper.  debhelper had a bug in
10.6 up to 10.6.3 that caused virtualbox-dkms to miss files.  This bug
was fixed in debhelper 10.6.4, but virtualbox-dkms/5.1.22-dfsg-3 had
still been built with debhelper 10.6.3 and therefore was still missing
files.  It needed a rebuild with a newer version of debhelper for that
fix to be applied.

Thanks,
~Niels