Actually, drop #3 from that workaround. Upgrading wesnoth-1.9-core *also* requires wesnoth-1.8-core to be installed. :-/
- Bug#601859: wesnoth-1.9: Bad error handling in postinst scr... PJ Weisberg
- Bug#601859: wesnoth-1.9: Bad error handling in postins... Gerfried Fuchs
- Bug#601859: wesnoth-1.9: Bad error handling in pos... PJ Weisberg
- Bug#601859: wesnoth-1.9: Bad error handling in... Gerfried Fuchs
- Bug#601859: wesnoth-1.9: Bad error handlin... PJ Weisberg
- Bug#601859: wesnoth-1.9: Bad error ha... Gerfried Fuchs