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

[Mattia Rizzolo]

On Tue, Apr 03, 2018 at 02:30:02PM +1000, Trent W. Buck wrote:
> 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?

There is going to be no need in a few days once debhelper 11.1.6 will
finally be backported (it couldn't be done before).

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