diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 0a3b994..c14dd71 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@
 
   * Set PATH in script to prevent problems from either missing or maliciously
     added directories there.
+  * Fixed code in postinst to compare versions in TheRightWay(tm), not
+    TheHackyAndNotWorkingWay (closes: #497657)
   * Added Spanish translations of debconf messages from Maximiliano Marin
     Bustos (closes: #502938)
 
- -- Paweł Więcek <coven@debian.org>  Tue, 16 Dec 2008 22:06:46 +0100
+ -- Paweł Więcek <coven@debian.org>  Tue, 16 Dec 2008 22:14:18 +0100
 
 slay (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
 
diff --git a/debian/postinst b/debian/postinst
index 1d44fb7..fe2184d 100755
--- a/debian/postinst
+++ b/debian/postinst
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # Build config file based on answers... IF NECESSARY ONLY
 if test -n "$2"
 then
- if test "`echo $2 | sed -e 's/[.-]//g'`" -lt 127 -o ! -e /etc/slay_mode
+ if dpkg --compare-versions $2 lt 1.2.7 || test ! -e /etc/slay_mode
  then
 
   db_get slay/punish