Comment 3 for bug 282411

Thanks for confirming.
Josh

On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 3:59 PM, Jean-Baptiste Lallement
<email address hidden> wrote:
> Thanks for your report.
>
> Confirmed in Intrepid. This happens when you install emacsen-common and
> ccrypt at the same time. It seems to be harmless because the installer
> recover the error at the end of the installation but a less alarming
> message could be more user friendly.
>
> black:~# aptitude install emacsen-common ccrypt
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> Reading extended state information
> Initializing package states... Done
> The following NEW packages will be installed:
> ccrypt emacsen-common
> 0 packages upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> Need to get 0B/88.8kB of archives. After unpacking 406kB will be used.
> Writing extended state information... Done
> Reading package fields... Done
> Reading package status... Done
> Retrieving bug reports... Done
> Parsing Found/Fixed information... Done
> Selecting previously deselected package ccrypt.
> (Reading database ... 203715 files and directories currently installed.)
> Unpacking ccrypt (from .../ccrypt_1.7-11_i386.deb) ...
> Selecting previously deselected package emacsen-common.
> Unpacking emacsen-common (from .../emacsen-common_1.4.17_all.deb) ...
> Processing triggers for man-db ...
> Setting up ccrypt (1.7-11) ...
> ERROR: emacsen-common being used before being configured.
> ERROR: This is likely a bug in the ccrypt 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 ccrypt (--configure):
> subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
> Setting up emacsen-common (1.4.17) ...
> emacsen-common: Handling install of emacsen flavor emacs
>
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> ccrypt
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
> A package failed to install. Trying to recover:
> Setting up ccrypt (1.7-11) ...
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> Reading extended state information
> Initializing package states... Done
> Writing extended state information... Done
>
>
> ** Changed in: ccrypt (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Confirmed
>
> ** Description changed:
>
> Binary package hint: ccrypt
>
> I'm using Hardy 8.04.
> I did a
> sudo aptitude install git-core xemacs21 octave3.0-emacsen emacs octave3.0 python perl ccrypt python-doc perl-doc
> and got a crash message saying the ccrypt install failed. However, the aptitude command completed successfully.
> Looks like it also didn't manage to install python-doc and perl-doc, but when I redo the command, it works fine, installing the remaining packages it missed the first time.
>
> ProblemType: Package
> Architecture: i386
> Date: Sun Oct 12 13:39:02 2008
> Dependencies:
> libgcc1 1:4.2.3-2ubuntu7
> gcc-4.2-base 4.2.3-2ubuntu7
> libc6 2.7-10ubuntu4
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
> ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
> Package: ccrypt 1.7-11
> PackageArchitecture: i386
> SourcePackage: ccrypt
> Title: package ccrypt 1.7-11 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
> Uname: Linux 2.6.24-19-generic i686
> +
> + :: Test Case ::
> + aptitude install emacsen-common ccrypt
> +
> + Then the following error occurs:
> + Setting up ccrypt (1.7-11) ...
> + ERROR: emacsen-common being used before being configured.
> + ERROR: This is likely a bug in the ccrypt 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 ccrypt (--configure):
> + subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
> + Setting up emacsen-common (1.4.17) ...
> + emacsen-common: Handling install of emacsen flavor emacs
> +
> + Errors were encountered while processing:
> + ccrypt
> + E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
> +
> + :: Workaround ::
> + install in 2 steps emacsen-common then ccrypt
>
> ** Summary changed:
>
> - aptitude install failed during ccrypt install
> + ccrypt installation produce an error when installed in the same time than emacsen-common
>
> ** Summary changed:
>
> - ccrypt installation produce an error when installed in the same time than emacsen-common
> + ccrypt installation produce an error when installed at the same time than emacsen-common
>
> --
> ccrypt installation produce an error when installed at the same time than emacsen-common
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/282411
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>
> Status in "ccrypt" source package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: ccrypt
>
> I'm using Hardy 8.04.
> I did a
> sudo aptitude install git-core xemacs21 octave3.0-emacsen emacs octave3.0 python perl ccrypt python-doc perl-doc
> and got a crash message saying the ccrypt install failed. However, the aptitude command completed successfully.
> Looks like it also didn't manage to install python-doc and perl-doc, but when I redo the command, it works fine, installing the remaining packages it missed the first time.
>
> ProblemType: Package
> Architecture: i386
> Date: Sun Oct 12 13:39:02 2008
> Dependencies:
> libgcc1 1:4.2.3-2ubuntu7
> gcc-4.2-base 4.2.3-2ubuntu7
> libc6 2.7-10ubuntu4
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
> ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
> Package: ccrypt 1.7-11
> PackageArchitecture: i386
> SourcePackage: ccrypt
> Title: package ccrypt 1.7-11 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
> Uname: Linux 2.6.24-19-generic i686
>
> :: Test Case ::
> aptitude install emacsen-common ccrypt
>
> Then the following error occurs:
> Setting up ccrypt (1.7-11) ...
> ERROR: emacsen-common being used before being configured.
> ERROR: This is likely a bug in the ccrypt 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 ccrypt (--configure):
> subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
> Setting up emacsen-common (1.4.17) ...
> emacsen-common: Handling install of emacsen flavor emacs
>
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> ccrypt
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
>
> :: Workaround ::
> install in 2 steps emacsen-common then ccrypt
>