Re: Upstream changelog name change

[Rodolfo kix Garcia <kix@kix.es>]

On Mon, 17 Oct 2011 14:36:25 +0200, Ole Streicher wrote:
> Dear list,
>
> my upstream package has a file "CHANGELOG" which does not get 
> installed
> by default. When I just include this file name into debian/docs, 
> lintian
> complains about "wrong-name-for-upstream-changelog".
>
> Is there a simple way to rename this file? Or do I need to write a
> specific debian/rules rule for that?
>
> Best regards
>
> Ole

Hi,

IMO, try with dh_override_installchangelog in debian/rules and then 
dh_installchangelog CHANGELOG upstream.

example:

override_dh_installchangelogs:
	dh_installchangelogs debian/changelog.upstream upstream

Cheers,

kix
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