Attached is a .debdiff which fixes this problem.
-- Richard
diff -Nru php-gettext-1.0.11/debian/changelog php-gettext-1.0.11/debian/changelog --- php-gettext-1.0.11/debian/changelog 2016-05-21 19:27:13.000000000 -0500 +++ php-gettext-1.0.11/debian/changelog 2016-09-06 02:52:14.000000000 -0500 @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +php-gettext (1.0.11-3ubuntu1) yakkety; urgency=medium + + * Depend on php-mbstring (LP: #1600612) (Closes: 830702) + + -- Richard Laager <[email protected]> Tue, 06 Sep 2016 02:51:46 -0500 + php-gettext (1.0.11-3) unstable; urgency=medium * Fixed debian/compat with debhelper 9 diff -Nru php-gettext-1.0.11/debian/control php-gettext-1.0.11/debian/control --- php-gettext-1.0.11/debian/control 2016-05-21 18:12:50.000000000 -0500 +++ php-gettext-1.0.11/debian/control 2016-09-06 02:51:45.000000000 -0500 @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Architecture: all Conflicts: php-gettext (<= 1.0.11-2) Replaces: php-gettext (<= 1.0.11-2) -Depends: ${misc:Depends}, php-pear +Depends: ${misc:Depends}, php-mbstring, php-pear Description: read gettext MO files directly, without requiring anything other than PHP The GNU gettext library is a widely used localization library, but in order to use it with the PHP language, the system has to support the
