diff -u php5-5.3.10/debian/changelog php5-5.3.10/debian/changelog
--- php5-5.3.10/debian/changelog
+++ php5-5.3.10/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+php5 (5.3.10-1ubuntu2) precise; urgency=low
+
+  * Pre-Depend on a new enough version of dpkg for dpkg-maintscript-helper
+    rather than checking whether it exists at run-time, leading to more
+    predictable behaviour on upgrades.
+
+ -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com>  Mon, 05 Mar 2012 12:21:35 +0000
+
 php5 (5.3.10-1ubuntu1) precise; urgency=low
 
   * Merge from Debian testing.  Remaining changes:
diff -u php5-5.3.10/debian/control php5-5.3.10/debian/control
--- php5-5.3.10/debian/control
+++ php5-5.3.10/debian/control
@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@
 
 Package: php5-fpm
 Architecture: any
+Pre-Depends: dpkg (>= 1.15.7.2~)
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, mime-support, php5-common (= ${binary:Version}), libmagic1, ucf, tzdata
 Provides: ${php:Provides}
 Suggests: php-pear
@@ -408,6 +409,7 @@
 
 Package: php5-sqlite
 Architecture: any
+Pre-Depends: dpkg (>= 1.15.7.2~)
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, ${php:Depends}, php5-common (= ${binary:Version})
 Breaks: roundcube-sqlite
 Description: SQLite module for php5