2 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/debian/_base/applications/twin-style-crystal/debian/cdbs/debian-tde.mk b/debian/_base/applications/twin-style-crystal/debian/cdbs/debian-tde.mk
index 641c6c6cc..5b4e8bfd7 100644
--- a/debian/_base/applications/twin-style-crystal/debian/cdbs/debian-tde.mk
+++ b/debian/_base/applications/twin-style-crystal/debian/cdbs/debian-tde.mk
@@ -75,6 +75,16 @@ DEB_AC_AUX_DIR = $(DEB_SRCDIR)/admin
 DEB_CONFIGURE_INCLUDEDIR = "\$${prefix}/include"
 DEB_COMPRESS_EXCLUDE = .dcl .docbook -license .tag .sty .el
 
+# The default gzip compressor has been changed in dpkg >= 1.17.0.
+deb_default_compress = $(shell LANG=C dpkg-deb --version | head -n1 | \
+                         sed -e "s|.*version ||" -e "s| .*||" | \
+                         xargs -r dpkg --compare-versions 1.17.0 lt \
+                         && echo xz || echo gzip)
+ifeq ($(deb_default_compress),gzip)
+DEB_DH_BUILDDEB_ARGS += -- -Z$(shell dpkg-deb --help | grep -q ":.* xz[,.]" \
+                               && echo xz || echo bzip2)
+endif
+
 ifeq (,$(findstring noopt,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
     cdbs_treat_me_gently_arches := arm m68k alpha ppc64 armel armeb
     ifeq (,$(filter $(DEB_HOST_ARCH_CPU),$(cdbs_treat_me_gently_arches)))
diff --git a/debian/_base/applications/twin-style-crystal/debian/rules b/debian/_base/applications/twin-style-crystal/debian/rules
index e6f9d63ae..a204efb1b 100755
--- a/debian/_base/applications/twin-style-crystal/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/_base/applications/twin-style-crystal/debian/rules
@@ -12,9 +12,6 @@ cdbs_configure_flags := --with-qt-dir=/usr/share/qt3 --disable-rpath --with-xine
 
 DEB_CONFIGURE_EXTRA_FLAGS := --prefix=/opt/trinity --with-extra-libs=/opt/trinity/lib
 
-DEB_DH_BUILDDEB_ARGS += -- -Z$(shell dpkg-deb --help | grep -q ":.* xz[,.]" \
-                               && echo xz || echo bzip2)
-
 post-patches:: debian/stamp-bootstrap
 
 debian/stamp-bootstrap: