=== modified file 'debian/changelog'
--- debian/changelog	2008-09-29 12:58:55 +0000
+++ debian/changelog	2008-10-02 14:50:35 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+hal (0.5.11-3~ubuntu10) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+
+  * debian/hal.init: Remove the FDI cache before startup. dpkg preserves
+    original timestamps of unpacked fdi files in packages, so changes in those
+    will never get picked up on upgrade, not even after a reboot.
+    (LP: #275825)
+
+ -- Martin Pitt <martin.pitt@ubuntu.com>  Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:48:50 +0200
+
 hal (0.5.11-3~ubuntu9) intrepid; urgency=low
 
   * debian/10-x11-keymap.fdi: Disable -evdev for the ThinkPad extra buttons;

=== modified file 'debian/hal.init'
--- debian/hal.init	2008-07-30 20:10:31 +0000
+++ debian/hal.init	2008-10-02 14:50:35 +0000
@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@
         # temporarily disabling automount (see LP #134712)
         rm -f /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/gparted-disable-automount.fdi || true
 
+        # the time stamp based cache obsolescence check does not really work
+        # with .debs, since dpkg maintains the original timestamps on the
+        # files, and thus new fdi files from packages would never be picked up
+        rm -f /var/cache/hald/fdi-cache
+
 	if [ ! -d $PIDDIR ]; then
 		mkdir -p $PIDDIR
 	fi