[pkg-php-pear] Bug#767547: dpkg-maintscript-helper: error: original symlink target is not an absolute path

[Vedran Miletić]

Package: php-htmlpurifier
Version: 4.6.0-1

When installing 4.6.0-1 I get:

Selecting previously unselected package php-htmlpurifier.
(Reading database ... 104406 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../php-htmlpurifier_4.6.0-1_all.deb ...
dpkg-maintscript-helper: error: original symlink target is not an absolute path
dpkg: error processing archive
/var/cache/apt/archives/php-htmlpurifier_4.6.0-1_all.deb (--unpack):
 subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg-maintscript-helper: error: original symlink target is not an absolute path
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
 subprocess new post-removal script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/php-htmlpurifier_4.6.0-1_all.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Failed to perform requested operation on package.  Trying to recover:

and package fails to install. Can this issue be fixed?

Regards,
Vedran Miletić