package emacs23 23.1 1-4ubuntu7 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Kim Kanigel-Winner]

Binary package hint: emacs23

Ubuntu release 10.04 LTS

Another person was installing emacs -- not sure what happened, but this error was reported when I returned to the computer.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: emacs23 23.1+1-4ubuntu7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-23.37-generic-pae 2.6.32.15+drm33.5
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-23-generic-pae i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Jul 11 20:28:53 2010
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
SourcePackage: emacs23
Title: package emacs23 23.1+1-4ubuntu7 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[era (era)]

Quoting the attached DpkgTerminalLog.txt.gz:
> emacs-install: /usr/lib/emacsen-common/packages/install/ecb emacs23 emacs-snapshot failed at /usr/lib/emacsen-common/emacs-install line 28, <TSORT> line 30.

Hence, reassigning to ecb.