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diff --git a/dh_installchangelogs b/dh_installchangelogs
index 87ac11bd..a6dcc682 100755
--- a/dh_installchangelogs
+++ b/dh_installchangelogs
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ dh_installchangelogs is a debhelper program that is responsible for
installing changelogs into package build directories.
An upstream changelog file may be specified as an option. If none is
-specified, a few common filenames are tried. (In compatibility level 7 and
-above.)
+specified, it looks for files with names that seem likely to be changelogs.
+(In compatibility level 7 and above.)
If there is an upstream changelog file, it will be be installed as
usr/share/doc/package/changelog in the package build directory. If the
@@ -84,14 +84,16 @@ my $upstream=shift;
my $changelog_name="changelog.Debian";
if (! defined $upstream) {
if (! isnative($dh{MAINPACKAGE}) && !compat(6)) {
- my @files=sort glob("*");
- foreach my $name (qw{changelog changes changelog.txt changes.txt history history.txt}) {
- my @matches=grep {
- lc $_ eq $name && -s $_ && ! excludefile($_)
- } @files;
- if (@matches) {
- $upstream=shift @matches;
- last;
+ foreach my $dir (qw{. doc docs}) {
+ my @files=sort glob("$dir/*");
+ foreach my $name (qw{changelog changes changelog.txt changes.txt history history.txt}) {
+ my @matches=grep {
+ lc basename($_) eq $name && -s $_ && ! excludefile($_)
+ } @files;
+ if (@matches) {
+ $upstream=shift @matches;
+ last;
+ }
}
}
}