Comment 7 for bug 570858

> I doubt that we need the entire new upstream version just to make the package installable?

Yes, in the current, dvipsk-ja-5.98+p1.7b@sid is uploaded. That version include below fix, seems good for lucid too.
| * Build using new libkpathsea-dev (Closes: #562440, #565233)

It is {pull/build}able for Lucid. And, I can re-build in my lucid testbed and ppa.

ppa build log: http://launchpadlibrarian.net/53849452/buildlog_ubuntu-lucid-amd64.dvipsk-ja_5.98%2Bp1.7b-1~ppa1_FULLYBUILT.txt.gz