package cscope 15.7a-1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2

[Daniel J Blueman]

Binary package hint: cscope

When installing cscope along with a large list of other packages, after a clean install, installation fails.

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Oct 11 18:42:20 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Package: cscope 15.7a-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.46-generic
SourcePackage: cscope
Title: package cscope 15.7a-1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic x86_64

[Daniel J Blueman (danielblueman)]

The relevant excerpt from the DpkgTerminalLog, for quick reference is:

Setting up cscope (15.7a-1) ...
ERROR: emacsen-common being used before being configured.
ERROR: This is likely a bug in the cscope 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 cscope (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of cbrowser:
 cbrowser depends on cscope; however:
  Package cscope is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing cbrowser (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured