package emacs25 (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: le sous-processus script post-installation installé a retourné une erreur de sortie d'état 1

[Valentin Quequet]

Error happened from attempt to upgrade from Yakkety to Zesty. Most likely due to package "xemacs21-mule-canna-wnn" 's bug #1696454 . ( https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xemacs21/+bug/1696454 )

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.04
Package: emacs25 (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-21.23-lowlatency 4.10.11
Uname: Linux 4.10.0-21-lowlatency x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.4-0ubuntu4.1
AptOrdering: NULL: ConfigurePending
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Jun 6 02:21:25 2017
ErrorMessage: le sous-processus script post-installation installé a retourné une erreur de sortie d'état 1
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.10ubuntu2
 apt 1.4
SourcePackage: emacs25
Title: package emacs25 (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: le sous-processus script post-installation installé a retourné une erreur de sortie d'état 1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Glenn Morris (rgm+lp)]

The actual error is from cdargs:

Install cdargs for emacs25
install/cdargs: Handling install of emacsen flavor emacs25
install/cdargs: byte-compiling for emacs25
cp: impossible de créer le lien symbolique './cdargs.el' vers '../../../emacs/site-lisp/cdargs/cdargs.el': Le fichier existe
ERROR: install script from cdargs package failed
dpkg: erreur de traitement du paquet emacs25 (--configure) :
 le sous-processus script post-installation installé a retourné une
 erreur de sortie d'état 1

[dino99 (9d9)]

That version is now dead
http://news.softpedia.com/news/ubuntu-17-04-zesty-zapus-has-reached-end-of-life-upgrade-to-ubuntu-17-10-now-519360.shtml