diff -Nru dbus-1.4.0/debian/changelog dbus-1.4.0/debian/changelog
--- dbus-1.4.0/debian/changelog	2011-01-04 23:12:03.000000000 +0200
+++ dbus-1.4.0/debian/changelog	2011-02-14 11:52:16.000000000 +0200
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+dbus (1.4.0-0ubuntu1.2) maverick; urgency=low
+
+  * Prevent dbus.postinst from failing in chroots (LP: #552404).
+
+ -- Alkis Georgopoulos <alkisg@gmail.com>  Mon, 14 Feb 2011 11:49:57 +0200
+
 dbus (1.4.0-0ubuntu1.1) maverick-security; urgency=low
 
   * SECURITY UPDATE: fix DoS with too deeply nested messages
diff -Nru dbus-1.4.0/debian/dbus.postinst dbus-1.4.0/debian/dbus.postinst
--- dbus-1.4.0/debian/dbus.postinst	2010-09-27 15:06:27.000000000 +0300
+++ dbus-1.4.0/debian/dbus.postinst	2011-02-14 11:49:31.000000000 +0200
@@ -49,9 +49,10 @@
         [ -x /usr/share/update-notifier/notify-reboot-required ] && \
             /usr/share/update-notifier/notify-reboot-required || true
 	    dbus-uuidgen --ensure
+	    # this fails in chroots (LP #552404), so append || true 
 	    dbus-send --print-reply --system --type=method_call \
 	    	--dest=org.freedesktop.DBus \
-		/ org.freedesktop.DBus.ReloadConfig > /dev/null
+		/ org.freedesktop.DBus.ReloadConfig > /dev/null || true
     fi
 fi