[debhelper-devel] Bug#894666: Simplify backports - manpage should suggest >=11~ not >=11

Trent W. Buck trentbuck at gmail.com
Tue Apr 3 04:30:02 UTC 2018


Package: debhelper
Version: 11.1.6
Severity: wishlist

When backporting libpam-mount from experimental to stable, the only change I needed was

    -Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 11), …
    +Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 11~), …

The tilde allows ~bpo versions of debhelper to satisfy the constraint.

The debhelper(5) manpage suggestion has no tilde.
Can it have a tilde?

    https://manpages.debian.org/unstable/debhelper/debhelper.7.en.html#COMPATIBILITY_LEVELS
    https://manpages.debian.org/stretch/debhelper/debhelper.7.en.html#COMPATIBILITY_LEVELS



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