For your information, applying patch [0] taken from [1] directly to the installed file worked for me.
[0] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?msg=43;filename=dpkg-ruby.patch;att=1;bug=585448 [1] http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=collab-maint/ruby-debian.git;a=commitdiff;h=c1874c662360d8ca86ed3b73f7d84e9b4b66fe93 Regards -- Raúl Sánchez Siles -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org