On Sun, Jan 25, 2026 at 04:37:20PM +0100, gregor herrmann wrote: > On Sun, 25 Jan 2026 00:28:55 -0300, Matheus Polkorny wrote: > > > I am not sure what the expected behavior for NEWS.Debian is in this > > case, but I thought it would be better to report it. > > I think you fell into a very common trap around dh_installchangelogs and > file names. Quoting (selectively) from the manpage: > > #v+ > FILES > debian/NEWS > debian/package.NEWS > Automatically installed into usr/share/doc/package/ in the package > build directory. > > Use the package specific name if package needs a different > NEWS or changelog file. > > The NEWS file is always installed with a name of NEWS.Debian. > #v- > > In other words: The filename in the source package is debian/NEWS (or > debian/package.NEWS), and it gets installed as NEWS.Debian. > > A file debian/NEWS.Debian in the source package is unknown to and ignored by > dh_installchangelogs. > > > Cheers, > gregor > > -- > .''`. https://info.comodo.priv.at -- Debian Developer https://www.debian.org > : :' : OpenPGP fingerprint D1E1 316E 93A7 60A8 104D 85FA BB3A 6801 8649 AA06 > `. `' Member VIBE!AT & SPI Inc. -- Supporter Free Software Foundation Europe > `-
Thank you for the clarification. Apologies for my mistake; I will close the bug -- Thanks, Polkorny
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