[jira] [Closed] (THRIFT-1988) When trying to build a debian package it fails as the file NEWS doesn't exist

["Jake Farrell (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

     [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/THRIFT-1988?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Jake Farrell closed THRIFT-1988.
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       Resolution: Fixed
    Fix Version/s: 1.0
         Assignee: Jake Farrell

Removed NEWS file as it was deleted in previous release
                
> When trying to build a debian package it fails as the file NEWS doesn't exist
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>
>                 Key: THRIFT-1988
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/THRIFT-1988
>             Project: Thrift
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: Build Process
>    Affects Versions: 0.9
>         Environment: Ubuntu 13.04
>            Reporter: Ricky Cormier
>            Assignee: Jake Farrell
>             Fix For: 1.0
>
>
> The debian packaging defines that a NEWS file should exist (debian/docs); however, no such file exists. This causes the packaging stage to fail with the following error:
> {noformat}
> dh_installdocs
> cp: cannot stat `NEWS': No such file or directory
> dh_installdocs: cp -a NEWS debian/thrift-compiler/usr/share/doc/thrift-compiler returned exit code 1
> make[1]: *** [binary-common] Error 2
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/ricky/development/git/thrift'
> make: *** [binary-arch] Error 2
> dpkg-buildpackage: error: fakeroot debian/rules binary gave error exit status 2
> {noformat}
> I checked to see if this file is meant to be auto-generated but could find no obvious mechanism for doing so. I can get the package to build in two ways:
> 1. just add a NEWS file (touch NEWS in the top-level folder works)
> 2. Remove the line containing NEWS from the debian/docs file
> If this file isn't actually needed removing it from the debian/docs is probably the best solution.

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