Lintian tag: debhelper-base-compat-level-is-missing
Type: warning
Description (from lintian-explain-tags)
The package build-depends on debhelper but does not ship a compat file.
Packages not using an experimental or beta compatibility level may
alternatively Build-Depend on the debhelper-compat virtual package, For
example:
Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 13)
Alternatively, packages can use the X-DH-Compat field in debian/control to
specify debhelper compat level. Note that using a compat file is not
accepted starting compat level 14. Please refer to the debhelper
documentation on how to create the compat file and the differences between
each compat level.
Please refer to
https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-changes/2012/01/msg01335.html,
https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2026/02/msg00357.html, and the
debhelper(7) manual page for details.
Visibility: warning
Show-Always: no
Check: debhelper
Renamed from: debhelper-compat-file-is-missing
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