[Debian-med-packaging] Bug#903193: velvetoptimiser: FTBFS in buster/sid (dh_installdocs: Cannot find "README")

[Santiago Vila]

Package: src:velvetoptimiser
Version: 2.2.6-1
Severity: serious
Tags: ftbfs

Dear maintainer:

I tried to build this package in buster but it failed:

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 debian/rules build-indep
dh build-indep 
   dh_update_autotools_config -i
   dh_autoreconf -i
   debian/rules override_dh_auto_build
make[1]: Entering directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>'
grep -v FindBin VelvetOptimiser.pl > velvetoptimiser
make[1]: Leaving directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>'
   create-stamp debian/debhelper-build-stamp
 fakeroot debian/rules binary-indep
dh binary-indep 
   dh_testroot -i
   dh_prep -i
   dh_install -i
   dh_installdocs -i
dh_installdocs: Cannot find (any matches for) "README" (tried in .)

debian/rules:9: recipe for target 'binary-indep' failed
make: *** [binary-indep] Error 2
dpkg-buildpackage: error: fakeroot debian/rules binary-indep subprocess returned exit status 2
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The build was made with "dpkg-buildpackage -A" in my autobuilder
but it also fails in reproducible builds:

https://tests.reproducible-builds.org/debian/rb-pkg/unstable/amd64/velvetoptimiser.html

[ Note: There has been a recent change in debhelper behaviour, the current
  behaviour is the intended one. See Bug #903133 for details ].

Thanks.