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). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to fig2dev in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1654703 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@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@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) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/debhelper/+bug/1654703/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
