[Bug 1043448] [NEW] incorrect NEWS file packaged

[Louis-Dominique Dubeau]

Public bug reported:

Release:        12.04

I pulled this package from the quantal repository to a precise
installation but I believe this unusual configuration is not a factor in
the following report.

Version of the package:

amavisd-new_2.7.1-2ubuntu2

Expected results: a NEWS.Debian.gz file containing all the latest
information from upstream.

Actual results: a NEWS.Debian.gz file which lacks the latest information
from upstream.

Explanation and steps to reproduce:

$ dpkg-source -x amavisd-new_2.7.1-2ubuntu2.dsc

Go into:

amavisd-new-2.7.1/debian

You'll find two "NEWS files":

$ ls -l *NEWS*
-rw-rw-r-- 1 ldd ldd 4232 Aug 29 13:07 amavisd-new.NEWS
-rw-rw-r-- 1 ldd ldd  272 Aug 29 13:07 NEWS

NEWS contains the latest news, but amavisd-news.NEWS is the file
actually packaged.

This is verifiable by building the package and looking at the
/usr/share/doc/amavisd-new/NEWS.Debian.gz file included in the package.
Its contents are those of amavisd-news.NEWS. The contents of NEWS are
nowhere to be found.

As pointed out in the following bug report, the NEWS file contains some
useful information:

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=671450

** Affects: amavisd-new (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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