package emacsen-common 1.4.19ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[tim blurton]

Binary package hint: emacsen-common

upgrade t Ubuntu 11 caused this

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: emacsen-common 1.4.19ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic-pae 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic-pae i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat May 28 11:54:18 2011
ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: emacsen-common
Title: package emacsen-common 1.4.19ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-05-28 (0 days ago)

[era (era)]

Quoting VarLogDistupgradeTermlog.gz:
> Setting up emacsen-common (1.4.19ubuntu2) ...
> emacsen-common: Handling install of emacsen flavor emacs
> install-info: No dir file specified; try --help for more information.
> dpkg: error processing emacsen-common (--configure):
> subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

You appear to have a non-Ubuntu version of install-info, probably because you installed texlive at some point.

I will mark this bug as a duplicate of bug #630326; as a workaround, you can try to remove the rogue install-info from your path and retry the upgrade.

Your log file also contains a CUPS error near the end, but perhaps you already managed to resolve that independently.