On Tue, Apr 03, 2001 at 10:40:11AM +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > I've done the ocaml-findlib package with 'export DH_COMPAT=3' in the > debian/rules. > Some user report me the impossibility of build the same package from the > sources on a debian potato. > The compilation fail on dh_clean that right report an error. > > If I turn DH_COMPAT to 2 all compile correctly even on a potato. > > So, why (and when) I have to use DH_COMPAT=3 ?
The version of debhelper on potato does not recognize DH_COMPAT=3. That is a feature in the debhelper ver >3.0. That may explain the problem of building on a potato machine. Gopal. -- Gopal Narayanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Debian GNU/Linux Developer Dept. of Astronomy, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

