package latex-cjk-common failed to install/upgrade: ERROR: emacsen-common being used before being configured.

[Ben McKay]

While installing tex and lots of packages, over an Intel wireless connection. Ubuntu 8.10. Expected to install packages; got error instead.

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Package: latex-cjk-common 4.7.0+git20080122-1
SourcePackage: cjk
Title: package latex-cjk-common 4.7.0+git20080122-1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-7-generic x86_64

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Thanks for your report.

The error is
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Setting up latex-cjk-common (4.7.0+git20080122-1) ...
Running mktexlsr. This may take some time... done.
ERROR: emacsen-common being used before being configured.
ERROR: This is likely a bug in the latex-cjk-common package, which needs to
ERROR: add one of the appropriate dependencies.
ERROR: See /usr/share/doc/emacsen-common/debian-emacs-policy.gz
ERROR: for details.
dpkg: error processing latex-cjk-common (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
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[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

This is reproducible in Intrepid when installing simultaneously the packages emacsen-common cjk-latex , but not if you install one after the other.

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

black:~# apt-cache policy emacsen-common cjk-latex
emacsen-common:
  Installed: 1.4.17
  Candidate: 1.4.17
  Version table:
 *** 1.4.17 0
        500 ftp://ftp.free.fr intrepid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
cjk-latex:
  Installed: 4.7.0+git20080122-1
  Candidate: 4.7.0+git20080122-1
  Version table:
 *** 4.7.0+git20080122-1 0
        500 ftp://ftp.free.fr intrepid/universe Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status