[Issue 18791] New: No VERSION file in DMD .zip distribution

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https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18791

          Issue ID: 18791
           Summary: No VERSION file in DMD .zip distribution
           Product: D
           Version: D2
          Hardware: All
                OS: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: regression
          Priority: P1
         Component: installer
          Assignee: code at dawg.eu
          Reporter: dlang-bugzilla at thecybershadow.net

https://forum.dlang.org/post/krrqzignwzxydzwgnfxh@forum.dlang.org

Since 2.078.0, the source code in DMD .zip files is unbuildable due to the
VERSION file missing:

dmd/globals.d(361): Error: file "VERSION" cannot be found or not in a path
specified with -J
posix.mak:449: recipe for target '../generated/linux/release/32/lexer.a' failed

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