Lintain changelog-file-not-compressed error: how can I fix this?

[David Grant <dgrant@iam-net.com>]

Hi,

I'm getting this Lintain error for my package called "gav":

E: gav: changelog-file-not-compressed CHANGELOG

CHANGELOG is the upstream changelog for the source package and it is in 
the package source root directory.  I have it listed in my debian/docs 
file along with the upstream README file.  It says I can compress it 
using 'gzip -9'.  I tried this, and modified the debian/docs file...but 
then I get some error while creating the package:

dpkg-source: cannot represent change to CHANGELOG.gz: binary file 
contents changed
dpkg-source: warning: ignoring deletion of file CHANGELOG
dpkg-source: building gav in gav_0.7.1-1.dsc
dpkg-source: unrepresentable changes to source

Thanks to anyone who can help me.

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David J. Grant
M.A.Sc. Candidate
a-Si and Integrated Circuits Group
University of Waterloo
Ontario, Canada
519-880-0665