r594: * dh_installchangelogs: Install debian/NEWS as NEWS.Debian, even for native

[debhelper.git] / dh_installchangelogs

diff --git a/dh_installchangelogs b/dh_installchangelogs
index dc9b5a0595dd4392ca89a5bdfa20eefc16cef535..66a02558d87201ab6f252ea5f90ad15bd7e013f2 100755 (executable)
--- a/dh_installchangelogs
+++ b/dh_installchangelogs
@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ into usr/share/doc/package/changelog.Debian in the package build directory. (If
 files named debian/package.changelog exist, they will be used in preference
 to debian/changelog.)
 
+Parallelling the debian changelog handling, this program also takes care of
+NEWS.Debian files. If there is a debian/NEWS file, it is installed as
+usr/share/doc/package/NEWS.Debian. debian/package.NEWS files can also be
+used.
+
 If an upstream changelog file is specified as an option, and the package is
 not a native debian package, then this upstream changelog will be installed
 as usr/share/doc/package/changelog in the package build directory. If the
@@ -70,14 +75,19 @@ my $changelog_name="changelog.Debian";
 if (isnative($dh{MAINPACKAGE})) {
        $changelog_name='changelog';
 }
+my $news_name="NEWS.Debian";
 
 foreach my $package (@{$dh{DOPACKAGES}}) {
        my $tmp=tmpdir($package);
        my $changelog=pkgfile($package,"changelog");
+       my $news=pkgfile($package,"NEWS");
 
        if (!$changelog) {
                $changelog="debian/changelog";
        }
+       if (!$news) {
+               $news="debian/NEWS";
+       }
 
        if (! -e $changelog) {
                error("could not find changelog $changelog");
@@ -93,6 +103,10 @@ foreach my $package (@{$dh{DOPACKAGES}}) {
        }
        doit("install","-o",0,"-g",0,"-p","-m644",$changelog,
                "$tmp/usr/share/doc/$package/$changelog_name");
+       if (-e $news) {
+               doit("install","-o",0,"-g",0,"-p","-m644",$news,
+                       "$tmp/usr/share/doc/$package/$news_name");
+       }
 
        if ($upstream) {
                my $link_to;
@@ -118,7 +132,7 @@ foreach my $package (@{$dh{DOPACKAGES}}) {
 
 =head1 SEE ALSO
 
-L<debhelper(1)>
+L<debhelper(7)>
 
 This program is a part of debhelper.