version 1.4.0-1 really is v1.3.0-21-g1456da7

[Andreas Oberritter]

$ dget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/d/device-tree-compiler/device-tree-compiler_1.4.0-1.dsc
$ dpkg-source -x device-tree-compiler_1.4.0-1.dsc
$ cd device-tree-compiler-1.4.0/
$ grep ^PATCHLEVEL device-tree-compiler-1.4.0/Makefile
PATCHLEVEL = 3
$ cat device-tree-compiler-1.4.0/debian/patches/series
01_build_doc.patch
02_remove-unused-check-variable.patch
03_Remove-unused-variable-in-flat_read_mem_reserve.patch
04_Split-out-is_printable_string-into-util.patch
05_Add-missing-tests-to-gitignore.patch
06_Refactor-character-literal-parsing-code.patch
07_Remove-gcc-4.6-set-but-not-used-warnings.patch
08_Support-character-literals-in-cell-lists.patch
09_Create-Makefile_utils-and-move-ftdump-into-it.patch
10_Add-fdt-read_write-utility-functions.patch
11_Make-testutils-use-utilfdt.patch
12_use-utilfdt-to-read-blob.patch
13_Add-fdt16_to_cpu-utility-function.patch
14_Add-data_append_integer-function.patch
15_Add-support-for-variable-sized-elements.patch
16_fdtdump-rename-from-ftdump.patch
17_libfdt-Add-support-for-appending-the-values-to-a-exi.patch
18_libfdt-Activate-testcase-for-appending-properties.patch
19_dtc-Implement-d-option-to-write-out-a-dependency-fil.patch
20_Add-fdtget-utility-to-read-property-values-from-a-de.patch
21_Add-fdtput-utility-to-write-property-values-to-a-dev.patch
22_Introduce-TESTS_BIN-in-Makefiles-to-identify-tested-.patch
local-add-missing-header-706137.patch

Then compare with post-1.3.0 patches in Git.

$ dpkg -l device-tree-compiler
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Architecture Description
+++-=====================================-=======================-=======================-================================================================================
ii device-tree-compiler 1.4.0-1 amd64 Device Tree Compiler for Flat Device Trees

$ /usr/bin/dtc -version
Version: DTC 1.3.0

[Tab (lisenfeng999)]

I also found this issue. The last uboot need DTC 1.4. but dtc version is 1.3.0 when I install device-tree-compiler_1.4.0-1_amd64.deb.

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

device-tree-compiler is up to 1.6.1 now, and up to 1.4.5 on bionic.