diff -Nru hdf5-1.8.8/debian/changelog hdf5-1.8.8/debian/changelog
--- hdf5-1.8.8/debian/changelog	2012-03-08 10:09:55.000000000 +0000
+++ hdf5-1.8.8/debian/changelog	2012-11-24 15:29:55.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+hdf5 (1.8.8-9.1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * Non-maintainer upload to fix package dependency issues
+  * Remove unneeded Conflicts and Replaces that cause issues with apt.
+    (Closes: #667599)
+
+ -- Margarita Manterola <marga@debian.org>  Sat, 24 Nov 2012 15:29:04 +0000
+
 hdf5 (1.8.8-9) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * Force the dependency on the serpack for hdf5-tools & hdf5-helpers.
diff -Nru hdf5-1.8.8/debian/control hdf5-1.8.8/debian/control
--- hdf5-1.8.8/debian/control	2012-03-08 10:18:22.000000000 +0000
+++ hdf5-1.8.8/debian/control	2012-11-24 18:23:19.000000000 +0000
@@ -17,11 +17,8 @@
 Section: libs
 Architecture: any
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
-Conflicts: libhdf5-7, libhdf5-1.8,
- libhdf5-1.8.4, libhdf5-serial-1.8.4, libhdf5-1.8.6, libhdf5-serial-1.8.6,
- libhdf5-1.8.7, libhdf5-serial-1.8.7
-Provides: libhdf5-7, libhdf5-1.8
-Replaces: libhdf5-1.8.4, libhdf5-serial-1.8.4, libhdf5-1.8.6, libhdf5-serial-1.8.6, libhdf5-1.8.7, libhdf5-serial-1.8.7
+Conflicts: libhdf5-7
+Provides: libhdf5-7
 Description: Hierarchical Data Format 5 (HDF5) - runtime files - serial version
  HDF5 is a file format and library for storing scientific data. 
  HDF5 was designed and implemented to address the deficiencies of
@@ -78,12 +75,8 @@
 Priority: extra
 Architecture: alpha armel armhf amd64 i386 ia64 powerpc sparc kfreebsd-i386 kfreebsd-amd64 hurd-i386
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
-Conflicts: libhdf5-7, libhdf5-1.8,
- libhdf5-1.8.4, libhdf5-openmpi-1.8.4, libhdf5-1.8.6, libhdf5-openmpi-1.8.6,
- libhdf5-1.8.7, libhdf5-openmpi-1.8.7
-Provides: libhdf5-7, libhdf5-1.8
-Replaces: libhdf5-1.8.4, libhdf5-openmpi-1.8.4, libhdf5-1.8.6, libhdf5-openmpi-1.8.6,
- libhdf5-1.8.7, libhdf5-openmpi-1.8.7
+Conflicts: libhdf5-7
+Provides: libhdf5-7
 Description: Hierarchical Data Format 5 (HDF5) - runtime files - OpenMPI version
  HDF5 is a file format and library for storing scientific data. 
  HDF5 was designed and implemented to address the deficiencies of
@@ -128,12 +121,8 @@
 Priority: extra
 Architecture: any
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
-Conflicts: libhdf5-7, libhdf5-1.8, 
- libhdf5-1.8.4,  libhdf5-mpich2-1.8.4, libhdf5-1.8.6,  libhdf5-mpich2-1.8.6,
- libhdf5-1.8.7, libhdf5-mpich2-1.8.7
-Provides: libhdf5-7, libhdf5-1.8
-Replaces: libhdf5-1.8.4, libhdf5-mpich2-1.8.4, libhdf5-1.8.6, libhdf5-mpich2-1.8.6,
- libhdf5-1.8.7, libhdf5-mpich2-1.8.7
+Conflicts: libhdf5-7
+Provides: libhdf5-7
 Description: Hierarchical Data Format 5 (HDF5) - runtime files - MPICH2 version
  HDF5 is a file format and library for storing scientific data. 
  HDF5 was designed and implemented to address the deficiencies of
diff -Nru hdf5-1.8.8/debian/control.in hdf5-1.8.8/debian/control.in
--- hdf5-1.8.8/debian/control.in	2012-03-08 09:33:48.000000000 +0000
+++ hdf5-1.8.8/debian/control.in	2012-11-24 18:08:19.000000000 +0000
@@ -17,11 +17,8 @@
 Section: libs
 Architecture: any
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
-Conflicts: libhdf5-@SONAME@, libhdf5-@MAJOR_VERSION@,
- libhdf5-1.8.4, libhdf5-serial-1.8.4, libhdf5-1.8.6, libhdf5-serial-1.8.6,
- libhdf5-1.8.7, libhdf5-serial-1.8.7
-Provides: libhdf5-@SONAME@, libhdf5-@MAJOR_VERSION@
-Replaces: libhdf5-1.8.4, libhdf5-serial-1.8.4, libhdf5-1.8.6, libhdf5-serial-1.8.6, libhdf5-1.8.7, libhdf5-serial-1.8.7
+Conflicts: libhdf5-@SONAME@
+Provides: libhdf5-@SONAME@
 Description: Hierarchical Data Format 5 (HDF5) - runtime files - serial version
  HDF5 is a file format and library for storing scientific data. 
  HDF5 was designed and implemented to address the deficiencies of
@@ -78,12 +75,8 @@
 Priority: extra
 Architecture: @ARCHS@
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
-Conflicts: libhdf5-@SONAME@, libhdf5-@MAJOR_VERSION@,
- libhdf5-1.8.4, libhdf5-openmpi-1.8.4, libhdf5-1.8.6, libhdf5-openmpi-1.8.6,
- libhdf5-1.8.7, libhdf5-openmpi-1.8.7
-Provides: libhdf5-@SONAME@, libhdf5-@MAJOR_VERSION@
-Replaces: libhdf5-1.8.4, libhdf5-openmpi-1.8.4, libhdf5-1.8.6, libhdf5-openmpi-1.8.6,
- libhdf5-1.8.7, libhdf5-openmpi-1.8.7
+Conflicts: libhdf5-@SONAME@
+Provides: libhdf5-@SONAME@
 Description: Hierarchical Data Format 5 (HDF5) - runtime files - OpenMPI version
  HDF5 is a file format and library for storing scientific data. 
  HDF5 was designed and implemented to address the deficiencies of
@@ -128,12 +121,8 @@
 Priority: extra
 Architecture: any
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
-Conflicts: libhdf5-@SONAME@, libhdf5-@MAJOR_VERSION@, 
- libhdf5-1.8.4,  libhdf5-mpich2-1.8.4, libhdf5-1.8.6,  libhdf5-mpich2-1.8.6,
- libhdf5-1.8.7, libhdf5-mpich2-1.8.7
-Provides: libhdf5-@SONAME@, libhdf5-@MAJOR_VERSION@
-Replaces: libhdf5-1.8.4, libhdf5-mpich2-1.8.4, libhdf5-1.8.6, libhdf5-mpich2-1.8.6,
- libhdf5-1.8.7, libhdf5-mpich2-1.8.7
+Conflicts: libhdf5-@SONAME@
+Provides: libhdf5-@SONAME@
 Description: Hierarchical Data Format 5 (HDF5) - runtime files - MPICH2 version
  HDF5 is a file format and library for storing scientific data. 
  HDF5 was designed and implemented to address the deficiencies of