Bug#932409: libconfig-model-dpkg-perl: When the installed debian-policy is older than the hardcoded one, the error message is unhelpful

[Dominique Dumont]

On Thu, 18 Jul 2019 18:45:26 -0300 =?utf-8?q?Cl=C3=A9ment_Hermann?= 
<nodens at nodens.org> wrote:
> while it is true that there is an issue on my system (I should have made
> sure the latest policy version was installed), the message is quite
> bizarre and unhelpful ;)
> 
> Idealy, we whould check if the installed version is older than the
> hardcoded version and warn the user about the outdated local version and
> not ask him to check for "upgrades" in policy ;)

Fair enough.

Next version will show this kind of message in a similar situation:

Warning in 'control source Standards-Version': Current standards version 
'1000.1.1' is newer than lintian version (4.4.0). Please check your system

Is this fine with you ?

All the best

Dod