> On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 02:23:01PM +0100, Michele Gastaldo
wrote:
>> > > In your debian rules file you can use:
>> > >
dh_installchangelogs -k {your_changelog_filename}
>> > > 
>> > > (the -k
is to keep the upstream changelog file name and symlink it to
>> > >
changelog.gz, feel free to drop it if you wish, it will rename the
>> >
> file changelog.gz)
>> > > 
>> > > or, if using dh7 style rules:
>> > >
override_dh_installchangelogs:
>> > > [tab] dh_installchangelogs -k
{your_changelog_filename}
>> > 
>> > "If none is specified, it looks for
files with names that seem likely to be
>> > changelogs. (In
compatibility level 7 and above.)"
>> > So explicit dh_installchangelogs
doesn't need additional arguments and dh
>> > tiny rules will do
everything automatically (if the file is named
>> > Changelog or
ChangeLog).
>> For some reason, it doesn't seem to work like that. I had
to specify an 
>> override for dh_installchangelogs.
> It works for me
without the override for
>
http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/k/kpartsplugin/kpartsplugin_20101216-1.dsc
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> on current sid.

Mmm, i'm actually working on a Ubuntu machine
(oops! :P ), could that make the difference? 

> Wild guess: Have you
specified debhelper compatibility level 7 (or 8)
> in debian/compat?
Otherwise the automatism doesn't kick in. 
> 
> Cheers,
> gregor

yes,
level 7 is specified 

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