diff -u packagekit-gnome-2.27.2/debian/changelog packagekit-gnome-2.27.2/debian/changelog
--- packagekit-gnome-2.27.2/debian/changelog
+++ packagekit-gnome-2.27.2/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+packagekit-gnome (2.27.2-0ubuntu3) karmic; urgency=low
+
+  * Add drop_devkit.patch: Drop check for devkit-gobject from configure.ac and
+    configure, it's a stale dependency.
+  * debian/control: Drop libdevkit-gobject-dev build dependency. (LP: #406426)
+
+ -- Martin Pitt <martin.pitt@ubuntu.com>  Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:32:07 +0200
+
 packagekit-gnome (2.27.2-0ubuntu2) karmic; urgency=low
 
   * Fixed debian/control:
diff -u packagekit-gnome-2.27.2/debian/control packagekit-gnome-2.27.2/debian/control
--- packagekit-gnome-2.27.2/debian/control
+++ packagekit-gnome-2.27.2/debian/control
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 	       python-dev,
 	       python-central (>= 0.5),
 	       libdevkit-power-gobject-dev (>= 007),
-	       libdevkit-gobject-dev (>= 001),
 	       libapt-pkg-dev
 Standards-Version: 3.8.1
 Homepage: http://www.packagekit.org
diff -u packagekit-gnome-2.27.2/debian/patches/series packagekit-gnome-2.27.2/debian/patches/series
--- packagekit-gnome-2.27.2/debian/patches/series
+++ packagekit-gnome-2.27.2/debian/patches/series
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
+drop_devkit.patch
 fix_path_to_gstreamer_helper.patch
 defaults.patch
only in patch2:
unchanged:
--- packagekit-gnome-2.27.2.orig/debian/patches/drop_devkit.patch
+++ packagekit-gnome-2.27.2/debian/patches/drop_devkit.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+Index: packagekit-gnome-2.27.2/configure
+===================================================================
+--- packagekit-gnome-2.27.2.orig/configure	2009-07-29 17:33:31.587696199 +0200
++++ packagekit-gnome-2.27.2/configure	2009-07-29 17:34:00.431694095 +0200
+@@ -15671,16 +15671,13 @@
+  elif test -n "$PKG_CONFIG"; then
+     if test -n "$PKG_CONFIG" && \
+     { ($as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$PKG_CONFIG --exists --print-errors \"
+- devkit-gobject >= \$DEVKIT_REQUIRED
+  devkit-power-gobject >= \$DEVKIT_POWER_REQUIRED\"") >&5
+   ($PKG_CONFIG --exists --print-errors "
+- devkit-gobject >= $DEVKIT_REQUIRED
+  devkit-power-gobject >= $DEVKIT_POWER_REQUIRED") 2>&5
+   ac_status=$?
+   $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+   (exit $ac_status); }; then
+   pkg_cv_DEVKIT_CFLAGS=`$PKG_CONFIG --cflags "
+- devkit-gobject >= $DEVKIT_REQUIRED
+  devkit-power-gobject >= $DEVKIT_POWER_REQUIRED" 2>/dev/null`
+ else
+   pkg_failed=yes
+@@ -15693,16 +15690,13 @@
+  elif test -n "$PKG_CONFIG"; then
+     if test -n "$PKG_CONFIG" && \
+     { ($as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$PKG_CONFIG --exists --print-errors \"
+- devkit-gobject >= \$DEVKIT_REQUIRED
+  devkit-power-gobject >= \$DEVKIT_POWER_REQUIRED\"") >&5
+   ($PKG_CONFIG --exists --print-errors "
+- devkit-gobject >= $DEVKIT_REQUIRED
+  devkit-power-gobject >= $DEVKIT_POWER_REQUIRED") 2>&5
+   ac_status=$?
+   $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+   (exit $ac_status); }; then
+   pkg_cv_DEVKIT_LIBS=`$PKG_CONFIG --libs "
+- devkit-gobject >= $DEVKIT_REQUIRED
+  devkit-power-gobject >= $DEVKIT_POWER_REQUIRED" 2>/dev/null`
+ else
+   pkg_failed=yes
+@@ -15722,18 +15716,15 @@
+ fi
+         if test $_pkg_short_errors_supported = yes; then
+ 	        DEVKIT_PKG_ERRORS=`$PKG_CONFIG --short-errors --print-errors "
+- devkit-gobject >= $DEVKIT_REQUIRED
+  devkit-power-gobject >= $DEVKIT_POWER_REQUIRED" 2>&1`
+         else
+ 	        DEVKIT_PKG_ERRORS=`$PKG_CONFIG --print-errors "
+- devkit-gobject >= $DEVKIT_REQUIRED
+  devkit-power-gobject >= $DEVKIT_POWER_REQUIRED" 2>&1`
+         fi
+ 	# Put the nasty error message in config.log where it belongs
+ 	echo "$DEVKIT_PKG_ERRORS" >&5
+ 
+ 	{ { $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: error: Package requirements (
+- devkit-gobject >= $DEVKIT_REQUIRED
+  devkit-power-gobject >= $DEVKIT_POWER_REQUIRED) were not met:
+ 
+ $DEVKIT_PKG_ERRORS
+@@ -15746,7 +15737,6 @@
+ See the pkg-config man page for more details.
+ " >&5
+ $as_echo "$as_me: error: Package requirements (
+- devkit-gobject >= $DEVKIT_REQUIRED
+  devkit-power-gobject >= $DEVKIT_POWER_REQUIRED) were not met:
+ 
+ $DEVKIT_PKG_ERRORS
+Index: packagekit-gnome-2.27.2/configure.ac
+===================================================================
+--- packagekit-gnome-2.27.2.orig/configure.ac	2009-07-29 17:33:34.019714924 +0200
++++ packagekit-gnome-2.27.2/configure.ac	2009-07-29 17:33:39.955738632 +0200
+@@ -158,7 +158,6 @@
+ AC_SUBST(UNIQUE_LIBS)
+ 
+ PKG_CHECK_MODULES(DEVKIT, [
+- devkit-gobject >= $DEVKIT_REQUIRED
+  devkit-power-gobject >= $DEVKIT_POWER_REQUIRED])
+ AC_SUBST(DEVKIT_CFLAGS)
+ AC_SUBST(DEVKIT_LIBS)