I prepared a patch for this, and tested it on arm64. Fixes the build problem as advertised.
Simple patch attached. I'm happy to NMU this if you like, Wookey -- Principal hats: Linaro, Emdebian, Wookware, Balloonboard, ARM http://wookware.org/
diff -Nru psensor-0.8.0.4/debian/changelog psensor-0.8.0.4/debian/changelog --- psensor-0.8.0.4/debian/changelog 2014-02-10 09:46:42.000000000 +0000 +++ psensor-0.8.0.4/debian/changelog 2014-05-30 16:42:58.000000000 +0000 @@ -1,3 +1,10 @@ +psensor (0.8.0.4-1.1) unstable; urgency=low + + * Non-maintainer upload. + * Update to build against current json-c (Closes: #746145) + + -- Wookey <woo...@debian.org> Fri, 30 May 2014 16:41:37 +0000 + psensor (0.8.0.4-1) unstable; urgency=low * New upstream release. diff -Nru psensor-0.8.0.4/debian/patches/json-c-FTBFS-fix.patch psensor-0.8.0.4/debian/patches/json-c-FTBFS-fix.patch --- psensor-0.8.0.4/debian/patches/json-c-FTBFS-fix.patch 1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000 +++ psensor-0.8.0.4/debian/patches/json-c-FTBFS-fix.patch 2014-05-31 01:31:16.000000000 +0000 @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +Description: Update json usage for current API + The json-c interface was using a deprecated method. + This cherry-picked patch from upsream fixes it. + . + psensor (0.8.0.4-1.1) unstable; urgency=low + . +Author: Wookey <woo...@debian.org> +Bug-Debian: http://bugs.debian.org/746145 +Origin: upstream, http://wpitchoune.net/gitweb/?p=psensor.git;a=commitdiff;h=695aaee544240f86415140a77f5716f858bec91e +Last-Update: 2014-05-31 + +--- psensor-0.8.0.4.orig/src/lib/psensor_json.c ++++ psensor-0.8.0.4/src/lib/psensor_json.c +@@ -140,9 +140,9 @@ struct psensor *psensor_new_from_json(js + struct psensor *s; + char *eid, *url; + +- oid = json_object_object_get(o, "id"); +- oname = json_object_object_get(o, "name"); +- otype = json_object_object_get(o, "type"); ++ json_object_object_get_ex(o, "id", &oid); ++ json_object_object_get_ex(o, "name", &oname); ++ json_object_object_get_ex(o, "type", &otype); + + eid = url_encode(json_object_get_string(oid)); + url = malloc(strlen(sensors_url) + 1 + strlen(eid) + 1); diff -Nru psensor-0.8.0.4/debian/patches/series psensor-0.8.0.4/debian/patches/series --- psensor-0.8.0.4/debian/patches/series 1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000 +++ psensor-0.8.0.4/debian/patches/series 2014-05-31 01:28:25.000000000 +0000 @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +json-c-FTBFS-fix.patch
