diff -u kio-umountwrapper-0.2/debian/preinst kio-umountwrapper-0.2/debian/preinst
--- kio-umountwrapper-0.2/debian/preinst
+++ kio-umountwrapper-0.2/debian/preinst
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@
 
 package_name=kio-umountwrapper
 
+# make sure than the directories exist before running dpkg-divert
+mkdir -p /usr/share/apps/konqueror/servicemenus/
+mkdir -p /usr/share/apps/d3lphin/servicemenus/
+
 case "$1" in
   install)
     dpkg-divert --package $package_name \
diff -u kio-umountwrapper-0.2/debian/changelog kio-umountwrapper-0.2/debian/changelog
--- kio-umountwrapper-0.2/debian/changelog
+++ kio-umountwrapper-0.2/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+kio-umountwrapper (0.2-0ubuntu7) intrepid; urgency=low
+
+  * debian/preinst, debian/postrm: make sure than the directories used by
+    dpkg-divert exist
+
+ -- Gauvain Pocentek <gauvain@ulteo.com>  Sun, 29 Jun 2008 11:06:10 +0200
+
 kio-umountwrapper (0.2-0ubuntu6) hardy; urgency=low
 
   * Update from Jan Klötzke to also support encrypted removable drives
diff -u kio-umountwrapper-0.2/debian/postrm kio-umountwrapper-0.2/debian/postrm
--- kio-umountwrapper-0.2/debian/postrm
+++ kio-umountwrapper-0.2/debian/postrm
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@
 
 package_name=kio-umountwrapper
 
+# make sure than the directories exist before running dpkg-divert
+mkdir -p /usr/share/apps/konqueror/servicemenus/
+mkdir -p /usr/share/apps/d3lphin/servicemenus/
+
 case "$1" in
   remove)
     dpkg-divert --package $package_name --rename --remove \
@@ -33,6 +37,10 @@
                 /usr/share/apps/d3lphin/servicemenus/media_safelyremove.desktop
     ;;
 
+    # try to remove the dirs we've created for pkg-divert
+    rmdir --ignore-fail-on-non-empty /usr/share/apps/konqueror/servicemenus/
+    rmdir --ignore-fail-on-non-empty /usr/share/apps/d3lphin/servicemenus/
+
   upgrade)
     exit 0
     ;;