diff -u cracklib2-2.8.12/debian/changelog cracklib2-2.8.12/debian/changelog
--- cracklib2-2.8.12/debian/changelog
+++ cracklib2-2.8.12/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+cracklib2 (2.8.12-2ubuntu1) intrepid; urgency=low
+
+  * debian/update-cracklib: don't rely on [ -nt ] to return true when
+    the second file is non-existent, since this fails under dash.
+    LP: #278743.
+
+ -- Steve Langasek <steve.langasek@ubuntu.com>  Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:46:55 -0700
+
 cracklib2 (2.8.12-2) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * debian/patches/04-improved-python-binding.patch patches upstream
diff -u cracklib2-2.8.12/debian/control cracklib2-2.8.12/debian/control
--- cracklib2-2.8.12/debian/control
+++ cracklib2-2.8.12/debian/control
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 Source: cracklib2
 Section: libs
 Priority: optional
-Maintainer: Jan Dittberner <jan@dittberner.info>
+Maintainer: Ubuntu Core Developers <ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com>
+XSBC-Original-Maintainer: Jan Dittberner <jan@dittberner.info>
 Uploaders: Martin Pitt <mpitt@debian.org>
 Standards-Version: 3.8.0
 Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 4.0.0), python-central (>= 0.6.7),
diff -u cracklib2-2.8.12/debian/update-cracklib cracklib2-2.8.12/debian/update-cracklib
--- cracklib2-2.8.12/debian/update-cracklib
+++ cracklib2-2.8.12/debian/update-cracklib
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@
 then
     for i in ${cracklib_dictpath_src}
     do
-        if [ "$i" -nt "${cracklib_dictpath}.pwd" ]
+        if ! [ -e "${cracklib_dictpath}.pwd" ] \
+	   || [ "$i" -nt "${cracklib_dictpath}.pwd" ]
         then
             /usr/sbin/cracklib-format ${cracklib_dictpath_src} | \
             /usr/sbin/cracklib-packer