diff -u postgresql-8.4-8.4.14/debian/postgresql-8.4.preinst postgresql-8.4-8.4.14/debian/postgresql-8.4.preinst
--- postgresql-8.4-8.4.14/debian/postgresql-8.4.preinst
+++ postgresql-8.4-8.4.14/debian/postgresql-8.4.preinst
@@ -20,8 +20,7 @@
 }
 
 # earlier releases used per-version init scripts, now replaced with common one 
-if [ "$1" = "upgrade" -o "$1" = "install" ] && \
-        [ -x /etc/init.d/postgresql-8.4 -a -x /etc/init.d/postgresql ]; then
+if [ "$1" = "upgrade" -o "$1" = "install" ] && [ -x /etc/init.d/postgresql-8.4 ]; then
     rm_conffile /etc/init.d/postgresql-8.4
 fi
 
diff -u postgresql-8.4-8.4.14/debian/control postgresql-8.4-8.4.14/debian/control
--- postgresql-8.4-8.4.14/debian/control
+++ postgresql-8.4-8.4.14/debian/control
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 Package: postgresql-8.4
 Architecture: any
-Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${shlibs:Depends}, postgresql-client-8.4, postgresql-common (>= 109~), tzdata, ssl-cert, locales
+Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${shlibs:Depends}, postgresql-client-8.4, postgresql-common (>= 129~), tzdata, ssl-cert, locales
 Suggests: oidentd | ident-server
 Conflicts: postgresql (<< 7.5)
 Description: object-relational SQL database, version 8.4 server
diff -u postgresql-8.4-8.4.14/debian/changelog postgresql-8.4-8.4.14/debian/changelog
--- postgresql-8.4-8.4.14/debian/changelog
+++ postgresql-8.4-8.4.14/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+postgresql-8.4 (8.4.14-0ubuntu12.04.2) precise-proposed; urgency=low
+
+  * debian/postgresql-8.4.preinst: Drop check for existing
+    /etc/init.d/postgresql-common, as this depends on the unpack order.
+    Instead bump the dependency on postgresql-common. (LP: #1058218)
+
+ -- Martin Pitt <martin.pitt@ubuntu.com>  Fri, 12 Oct 2012 11:36:30 +0200
+
 postgresql-8.4 (8.4.14-0ubuntu12.04.1) precise-proposed; urgency=low
 
   * debian/postgresql-8.4.preinst: Do not only clean up the old -8.4 specific