File debhelper-pod2man-no-utf8.patch of Package update-alternatives.900
diff -urN debhelper.orig/Makefile debhelper/Makefile
--- debhelper.orig/Makefile 2012-05-22 00:31:07.490458089 +0800
+++ debhelper/Makefile 2012-05-22 00:31:43.648006056 +0800
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
PERLLIBDIR=$(shell perl -MConfig -e 'print $$Config{vendorlib}')/Debian/Debhelper
-POD2MAN=pod2man --utf8 -c Debhelper -r "$(VERSION)"
+POD2MAN=pod2man -c Debhelper -r "$(VERSION)"
# l10n to be built is determined from .po files
LANGS=$(notdir $(basename $(wildcard man/po4a/po/*.po)))