diff -Nru man-db-2.7.0.2/debian/changelog man-db-2.7.0.2/debian/changelog
--- man-db-2.7.0.2/debian/changelog	2014-12-05 16:23:09.000000000 +0000
+++ man-db-2.7.0.2/debian/changelog	2014-12-31 16:40:17.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+man-db (2.7.0.2-5) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * Drop real IDs before effective IDs, for non-Linux compatibility (closes:
+    #772597).
+
+ -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>  Wed, 31 Dec 2014 16:40:13 +0000
+
 man-db (2.7.0.2-4) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * Backport Danish and French translation updates from upstream (closes:
diff -Nru man-db-2.7.0.2/debian/postinst man-db-2.7.0.2/debian/postinst
--- man-db-2.7.0.2/debian/postinst	2014-12-05 16:20:09.000000000 +0000
+++ man-db-2.7.0.2/debian/postinst	2014-12-09 10:15:16.000000000 +0000
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     shift
     [ "$message" ] && echo "$message" >&2
     # start-stop-daemon isn't available when running from debootstrap.
-    perl -e '@pwd = getpwnam("man"); $( = $) = $pwd[3]; $< = $> = $pwd[2];
+    perl -e '@pwd = getpwnam("man"); $) = $( = $pwd[3]; $> = $< = $pwd[2];
 	     exec "/usr/bin/mandb", @ARGV' -- "$@" || true
 }