it modifies its behavior in various ways.
Tell debhelper what compatibility level to use by writing a number to
-debian/compat. For example, to turn on V7 mode:
+debian/compat. For example, to turn on v7 mode:
% echo 7 > debian/compat
=over 4
-=item V1
+=item v1
This is the original debhelper compatibility level, and so it is the default
one. In this mode, debhelper will use debian/tmp as the package tree
This mode is deprecated.
-=item V2
+=item v2
In this mode, debhelper will consistently use debian/<package>
as the package tree directory for every package that is built.
This mode is deprecated.
-=item V3
+=item v3
-This mode works like V2, with the following additions:
+This mode works like v2, with the following additions:
=over 8
This mode is deprecated.
-=item V4
+=item v4
-Changes from V3 are:
+Changes from v3 are:
=over 8
This mode is deprecated.
-=item V5
+=item v5
-Changes from V4 are:
+Changes from v4 are:
=over 8
=back
-=item V6
+=item v6
-Changes from V5 are:
+Changes from v5 are:
=over 8
=back
-=item V7
+=item v7
This is the recommended mode of operation.
-Changes from V6 are:
+Changes from v6 are:
=over 8
=back
-=item V8
+=item v8
This mode is still under development. Using it in packages will cause them
to probably break later.
-Changes from V7 are:
+Changes from v7 are:
=over 8
This control file will be installed into the DEBIAN directory.
-In V3 compatibility mode and higher, all files in the etc/ directory in a
+In v3 compatibility mode and higher, all files in the etc/ directory in a
package will automatically be flagged as conffiles by this program, so
there is no need to list them manually here.
libraries, and generates a shlibs file for the libraries it finds.
It also adds a call to ldconfig in the postinst and postrm scripts (in
-V3 mode and above only) to any packages in which it finds shared libraries.
+v3 mode and above only) to any packages in which it finds shared libraries.
=head1 FILES