[Bug 1797662] [NEW] advpng built from an archive without a .version file

[Joel Oliveira]

Public bug reported:

```
$ lsb_release -rd
Description:	Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS
Release:	18.04
```

***

```
$ apt-cache policy advancecomp
advancecomp:
  Installed: 2.1-1
  Candidate: 2.1-1
  Version table:
 *** 2.1-1 500
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1.20-1 500
        500 http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty/main amd64 Packages
```

***


When running `advpng --version` its output does not provide the version of the utility. Instead it reports it as "vnone". Example:

```
$ advpng --version
advancecomp vnone by Andrea Mazzoleni, http://www.advancemame.it
```

I expect it to return "v2.1-1". A la -

```
advancecomp v2.1-1 by Andrea Mazzoleni, http://www.advancemame.it
```

After some looking around it seems that maybe the wrong archive is
fetched before building it. Possibly
https://github.com/amadvance/advancecomp/archive/v2.1.tar.gz

Instead it should be
https://github.com/amadvance/advancecomp/releases/download/v2.1/advancecomp-2.1.tar.gz.
The one that was used is an archive of the git repository which does NOT
contain the `.version` file, and latter one linked is a release archive
which I think is created from repository after running all auto* tools
and running the script that generates .version file.

This is all information gleaned from the image_optim project where there
is more information in an issue there:
https://github.com/toy/image_optim/issues/165#issuecomment-429489170

Much thanks to Ivan Kuchin and Kasper Grubbe over there helping track
this down.

** Affects: advancecomp (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  advpng built from an archive without a .version file

Status in advancecomp package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  ```
  $ lsb_release -rd
  Description:	Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS
  Release:	18.04
  ```

  ***

  ```
  $ apt-cache policy advancecomp
  advancecomp:
    Installed: 2.1-1
    Candidate: 2.1-1
    Version table:
   *** 2.1-1 500
          500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
       1.20-1 500
          500 http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty/main amd64 Packages
  ```

  ***

  
  When running `advpng --version` its output does not provide the version of the utility. Instead it reports it as "vnone". Example:

  ```
  $ advpng --version
  advancecomp vnone by Andrea Mazzoleni, http://www.advancemame.it
  ```

  I expect it to return "v2.1-1". A la -

  ```
  advancecomp v2.1-1 by Andrea Mazzoleni, http://www.advancemame.it
  ```

  After some looking around it seems that maybe the wrong archive is
  fetched before building it. Possibly
  https://github.com/amadvance/advancecomp/archive/v2.1.tar.gz

  Instead it should be
  https://github.com/amadvance/advancecomp/releases/download/v2.1/advancecomp-2.1.tar.gz.
  The one that was used is an archive of the git repository which does
  NOT contain the `.version` file, and latter one linked is a release
  archive which I think is created from repository after running all
  auto* tools and running the script that generates .version file.

  This is all information gleaned from the image_optim project where
  there is more information in an issue there:
  https://github.com/toy/image_optim/issues/165#issuecomment-429489170

  Much thanks to Ivan Kuchin and Kasper Grubbe over there helping track
  this down.

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