installing ecb on ubuntu 11.10 beta 2 fails with the following error message:
tim@moka:~$ sudo apt-get install ecb
[sudo] password for tim:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
ecb
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 4 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/830 kB of archives.
After this operation, 4,735 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Selecting previously deselected package ecb.
(Reading database ... 443403 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking ecb (from .../ecb_2.40+cvs20110608-1_all.deb) ...
Processing triggers for install-info ...
Processing triggers for doc-base ...
Processing 1 added doc-base file...
Registering documents with scrollkeeper...
Setting up ecb (2.40+cvs20110608-1) ...
install/ecb: Handling install for emacsen flavor emacs23
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"/usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/" added to `load-path'
"/usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/" added to `load-path'
Error while loading 50ecb: Failed to find version for newly installed cedet
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Error while loading 55ecb: Cannot open load file: ecb-autoloads
"/usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/" added to `load-path'
"/usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/" added to `load-path'
In toplevel form:
ecb-advice-test.el:46:1:Error: Failed to find version for newly installed cedet
"/usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/" added to `load-path'
"/usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/" added to `load-path'
In toplevel form:
ecb-analyse.el:34:1:Error: Failed to find version for newly installed cedet
Wrote /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/ecb/ecb-autogen.elc
In toplevel form:
ecb-buffertab.el:51:1:Error: Symbol's function definition is void: defecb-autocontrol/sync-function
Wrote /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/ecb/ecb-cedet-wrapper.elc
"/usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/" added to `load-path'
"/usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/" added to `load-path'
In toplevel form:
ecb-common-browser.el:47:1:Error: Failed to find version for newly installed cedet
"/usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/" added to `load-path'
"/usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/" added to `load-path'
In toplevel form:
ecb-compatibility.el:44:1:Error: Failed to find version for newly installed cedet
Wrote /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/ecb/ecb-compilation.elc
In toplevel form:
ecb-create-layout.el:49:1:Error: Symbol's value as variable is void: ecb-compilation-buffer-list-changed-p
In toplevel form:
ecb-cycle.el:66:1:Error: Symbol's value as variable is void: ecb-compilation-buffer-list-changed-p
In toplevel form:
ecb-eshell.el:80:1:Error: Symbol's value as variable is void: ecb-compilation-buffer-list-changed-p
"/usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/" added to `load-path'
"/usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/" added to `load-path'
In toplevel form:
ecb-examples.el:62:1:Error: Failed to find version for newly installed cedet
Wrote /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/ecb/ecb-face.elc
"/usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/" added to `load-path'
"/usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/" added to `load-path'
In toplevel form:
ecb-file-browser.el:36:1:Error: Failed to find version for newly installed cedet
"/usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/" added to `load-path'
"/usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/" added to `load-path'
In toplevel form:
ecb-help.el:43:1:Error: Failed to find version for newly installed cedet
"/usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/" added to `load-path'
"/usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/" added to `load-path'
In toplevel form:
ecb-jde.el:57:1:Error: Failed to find version for newly installed cedet
"/usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/" added to `load-path'
"/usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/" added to `load-path'
In toplevel form:
ecb-layout-defs.el:46:1:Error: Failed to find version for newly installed cedet
"/usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/" added to `load-path'
"/usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/" added to `load-path'
In toplevel form:
ecb-layout.el:119:1:Error: Failed to find version for newly installed cedet
"/usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/" added to `load-path'
"/usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/" added to `load-path'
In toplevel form:
ecb-method-browser.el:35:1:Error: Failed to find version for newly installed cedet
Wrote /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/ecb/ecb-mode-line.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/ecb/ecb-multiframe.elc
"/usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/" added to `load-path'
"/usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/" added to `load-path'
In toplevel form:
ecb-navigate.el:42:1:Error: Failed to find version for newly installed cedet
"/usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/" added to `load-path'
In toplevel form:
ecb-semantic-wrapper.el:40:1:Error: Failed to find version for newly installed cedet
"/usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/" added to `load-path'
"/usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/" added to `load-path'
In toplevel form:
ecb-semantic.el:32:1:Error: Failed to find version for newly installed cedet
"/usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/" added to `load-path'
"/usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/" added to `load-path'
In toplevel form:
ecb-speedbar.el:68:1:Error: Failed to find version for newly installed cedet
"/usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/" added to `load-path'
"/usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/" added to `load-path'
In toplevel form:
ecb-symboldef.el:49:1:Error: Failed to find version for newly installed cedet
Wrote /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/ecb/ecb-tod.elc
"/usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/" added to `load-path'
"/usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/" added to `load-path'
In toplevel form:
ecb-upgrade.el:1150:1:Error: Failed to find version for newly installed cedet
Wrote /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/ecb/ecb-util.elc
"/usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/" added to `load-path'
"/usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/" added to `load-path'
In toplevel form:
ecb-winman-support.el:101:1:Error: Failed to find version for newly installed cedet
"/usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/" added to `load-path'
"/usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/" added to `load-path'
In toplevel form:
ecb.el:141:1:Error: Failed to find version for newly installed cedet
Wrote /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/ecb/follow-mouse.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/ecb/silentcomp.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/ecb/tree-buffer.elc
emacs-package-install: /usr/lib/emacsen-common/packages/install/ecb emacs23 emacs23 failed at /usr/lib/emacsen-common/emacs-package-install line 30, <TSORT> line 1.
dpkg: error processing ecb (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
ecb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug #861533, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.