3 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/resources/scripts/helpers/build/release/roms b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/release/roms
index 5ab835f2..32159e75 100755
--- a/resources/scripts/helpers/build/release/roms
+++ b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/release/roms
@@ -69,6 +69,12 @@ for payload in *; do
 			rm -f "ChangeLog" "NEWS"
 			git log > "${archivename}/ChangeLog"
 			cp "${archivename}/ChangeLog" "${archivename}/NEWS"
+            if [ -f "../../RELEASE" ]; then
+                rm -f "${archivename}/NEWS"
+                rm -f "${archivename}/ChangeLog"
+                mv "RELEASE" "${archivename}/NEWS"
+                cp "RELEASE" "${archivename}/ChangeLog"
+            fi
 		else
 			# building from release archive
 			cp "ChangeLog" "${archivename}/"
diff --git a/resources/scripts/helpers/build/release/src b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/release/src
index c9a03ae6..cec0c2f2 100755
--- a/resources/scripts/helpers/build/release/src
+++ b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/release/src
@@ -65,6 +65,13 @@ else
 	cp "NEWS" "${distdir}/"
 fi
 
+if [ -f "RELEASE" ]; then
+    rm -f "${distdir}/NEWS"
+    rm -f "${distdir}/ChangeLog"
+    cp "RELEASE" "${distdir}/NEWS"
+    cp "RELEASE" "${distdir}/ChangeLog"
+fi
+
 # include version information
 printf '%s\n' "${version}" >"${distdir}/version"
 # include version date information
diff --git a/resources/scripts/helpers/build/release/util b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/release/util
index 3f7528f1..a42125fa 100755
--- a/resources/scripts/helpers/build/release/util
+++ b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/release/util
@@ -76,6 +76,13 @@ else
 	cp "NEWS" "${distdir}/"
 fi
 
+if [ -f "RELEASE" ]; then
+    rm -f "${distdir}/NEWS"
+    rm -f "${distdir}/ChangeLog"
+    cp "RELEASE" "${distdir}/NEWS"
+    cp "RELEASE" "${distdir}/ChangeLog"
+fi
+
 # include version information
 printf '%s\n' "${version}" >"${distdir}/version"
 # include version date information