As per the upcoming policy change discussed in #579457,
perlapi-$Config{debian_abi} is preferred over perlapi-$Config{version}
where available.
unless $perl eq 'perl-base' && ! length($version);
# add perlapi-<ver> for XS modules
- addsubstvar($package, "perl:Depends", "perlapi-$Config{version}")
+ addsubstvar($package, "perl:Depends",
+ "perlapi-" . ($Config{debian_abi} || $Config{version}))
if $deps & XS_MODULE;
}