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[peter green <plugwash@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> This version of openjdk-7-doc doesn't contain any files other than the
> copyright file and the changelog. The version in testing (7u75-2.5.4-2) is ok.
The underlying bug has been known for over 2 years, basically if the 
arch all packages for openjdk is built on anything other than a handful 
of specific architectures (i386, amd64 or lpia) it will build without 
docs. You can see a report of the issue at 
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=690260
For 7u75-2.5.4-3 the maintainer upload was "source ppc64el all", this 
strongly implies that the arch all packages were built on a ppc64el 
system hence exposing the bug.
The issue could be papered over by bumping the version number and 
building and uploading on i386 and amd64 but IMO it should really be 
fixed properly. Building broken arch all packages depending on the build 
machine architecture is a very nasty bug IMO.