[Bug 1654703] Re: /usr/share/doc/fig2dev/CHANGES.gz is a broken symlink

[Niels Thykier]

This looks like it is caused by the Ubuntu specific changes to
dh_installchangelogs.

Namely, the original debhelper will look for (among other) "CHANGES" as
an upstream changelog.  Ubuntu have removed this to save disk space and
leads to debhelper picking "changelog" as a candidate for the "main
package" (and nothing for others).

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Title:
  /usr/share/doc/fig2dev/CHANGES.gz is a broken symlink

Status in debhelper package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in fig2dev package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  nate at minerva:~$ ls -l /usr/share/doc/fig2dev/CHANGES.gz 
  lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Aug 14 12:22 /usr/share/doc/fig2dev/CHANGES.gz -> changelog.gz
  nate at minerva:~$ ls -l /usr/share/doc/fig2dev/changelog.gz
  ls: cannot access '/usr/share/doc/fig2dev/changelog.gz': No such file or directory

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10
  Package: fig2dev 1:3.2.6-2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-32.34-generic 4.8.11
  Uname: Linux 4.8.0-32-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: wl
  ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8.2
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Fri Jan  6 21:07:13 2017
  SourcePackage: fig2dev
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to yakkety on 2016-12-19 (19 days ago)

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