diff -u glib2.0-2.23.4/debian/changelog glib2.0-2.23.4/debian/changelog
--- glib2.0-2.23.4/debian/changelog
+++ glib2.0-2.23.4/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+glib2.0 (2.23.4-1ubuntu3) lucid; urgency=low
+
+  * Add debian/patches/80_unit.patch to use SI prefixes for base-10 units. Refer
+    to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UnitsPolicy for more details (LP: #369525).
+
+ -- Benjamin Drung <bdrung@ubuntu.com>  Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:24:26 +0100
+
 glib2.0 (2.23.4-1ubuntu2) lucid; urgency=low
 
   * Add subunit support to gtester-report.
diff -u glib2.0-2.23.4/debian/patches/series glib2.0-2.23.4/debian/patches/series
--- glib2.0-2.23.4/debian/patches/series
+++ glib2.0-2.23.4/debian/patches/series
@@ -8,0 +9 @@
+80_unit.patch
only in patch2:
unchanged:
--- glib2.0-2.23.4.orig/debian/patches/80_unit.patch
+++ glib2.0-2.23.4/debian/patches/80_unit.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+Description: Use SI prefixes for base-10 units and not for base-2 units
+ More details can be found on https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UnitsPolicy
+Bug-Ubuntu: https://launchpad.net/bug/369525
+Author: Benjamin Drung <bdrung@ubuntu.com>
+
+--- glib2.0-2.23.4.orig/glib/gfileutils.c	2010-03-09 17:26:20.604513785 +0100
++++ glib2.0-2.23.4/glib/gfileutils.c	2010-03-09 17:29:05.475763433 +0100
+@@ -1742,7 +1742,7 @@
+   return str;
+ }
+ 
+-#define KILOBYTE_FACTOR (G_GOFFSET_CONSTANT (1024))
++#define KILOBYTE_FACTOR (G_GOFFSET_CONSTANT (1000))
+ #define MEGABYTE_FACTOR (KILOBYTE_FACTOR * KILOBYTE_FACTOR)
+ #define GIGABYTE_FACTOR (MEGABYTE_FACTOR * KILOBYTE_FACTOR)
+ #define TERABYTE_FACTOR (GIGABYTE_FACTOR * KILOBYTE_FACTOR)
+@@ -1754,11 +1754,11 @@
+  * @size: a size in bytes.
+  * 
+  * Formats a size (for example the size of a file) into a human readable string.
+- * Sizes are rounded to the nearest size prefix (KB, MB, GB) and are displayed 
+- * rounded to the nearest  tenth. E.g. the file size 3292528 bytes will be
++ * Sizes are rounded to the nearest size prefix (kB, MB, GB) and are displayed
++ * rounded to the nearest  tenth. E.g. the file size 3139528 bytes will be
+  * converted into the string "3.1 MB".
+  *
+- * The prefix units base is 1024 (i.e. 1 KB is 1024 bytes).
++ * The prefix units base is 1000 (i.e. 1 kB is 1000 bytes).
+  *
+  * This string should be freed with g_free() when not needed any longer.
+  *
+@@ -1779,7 +1779,7 @@
+       if (size < (goffset) MEGABYTE_FACTOR)
+ 	{
+ 	  displayed_size = (gdouble) size / (gdouble) KILOBYTE_FACTOR;
+-	  return g_strdup_printf (_("%.1f KB"), displayed_size);
++	  return g_strdup_printf (_("%.1f kB"), displayed_size);
+ 	}
+       else if (size < (goffset) GIGABYTE_FACTOR)
+ 	{