Re: [debhelper-devel] Bug#811059: misleading warning: "This package will soon FTBFS" - but FTBFS now

Hi,

Martin Michlmayr wrote:
> This warning saying the package "will soon FTBFS" doesn't make sense
> since it's followed by an error.
> 
> > sbuild (Debian sbuild) 0.67.0 (26 Dec 2015) on dl580gen9-02.hlinux
> ...
> > dh_clean
> > dh_clean: No compatibility level specified in debian/compat
> > dh_clean: This package will soon FTBFS; time to fix it!

Here it says it will FTBFS soon.

And just a second later...

> > dh_clean: Compatibility levels before 4 are no longer supported (level 3 requested)
> > debian/rules:32: recipe for target 'clean' failed
> > make: *** [clean] Error 2
> > dpkg-buildpackage: error: fakeroot debian/rules clean gave error exit status 2

.. it does so.

Granted, not much time left to fix the package, but hey, debhelper can
predict the future!

		SCNR, Axel