package emacs23 23.3+1-1ubuntu4 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Jeff Abrahamson]

The install process during a dist-upgrade from 11.04 to 11.10 reported an error upgrading emacs23. I'm afraid I don't know much more about what happened.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: emacs23 23.3+1-1ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-13.53-generic 2.6.38.8
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-13-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Jan 9 13:58:47 2012
ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429)
SourcePackage: emacs23
Title: package emacs23 23.3+1-1ubuntu4 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2012-01-09 (0 days ago)

[Jeff Abrahamson (jeff-purple)]

jeff@london:~ $ sudo apt-get install -f
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  libswscale0 semantic libipc-run-perl libmono-management4.0-cil libavutil50 libunity4 libnet-ip-perl libmono-simd2.0-cil libunistring0 diffstat libnet-dns-perl libx264-106 cedet-common libprotobuf6
  libmono-management2.0-cil libseed0 libbluray0 libecal1.2-8 patchutils libcrypto++8 libibus2 libswt-webkit-gtk-3.6-jni libio-pty-perl libboost-program-options1.42.0 libavfilter1
  libboost-date-time1.42.0 unity-place-applications libavdevice52 libunity-misc0 linux-headers-2.6.38-13-generic libboost-iostreams1.42.0 libdmapsharing2 gir1.2-vte-0.0 gir1.2-appindicator-0.1
  intltool-debian gnome-panel-bonobo libswt-gtk-3.6-java libpsiconv6 libavcodec52 libfolks22 mono-csharp-shell unity-place-files libindicator3 gettext speedbar libpanel-applet-3-0 ede
  libpanel-applet-4-0 libgdata11 cedet-contrib libedata-cal1.2-10 libgtkglext1 libedata-book1.2-8 libgwibber1 libedataserverui1.2-11 libdbusmenu-gtk3 libboost-thread1.42.0 libswt-gnome-gtk-3.6-jni
  libntfs-3g79 libpostproc51 liblzo2-2 cogre libavformat52 libnet-domain-tld-perl libnux-0.9-0 gccxml libemail-valid-perl libboost-serialization1.42.0 libcamel1.2-19 libicu-dev linux-headers-2.6.38-13
  eieio libswt-gtk-3.6-jni libfolks-telepathy22 lintian libnux-0.9-common gir1.2-panelapplet-4.0 libprotoc6 libswt-cairo-gtk-3.6-jni python-wsgi-intercept libdigest-hmac-perl
  liboverlay-scrollbar-0.1-0 libebook1.2-10 mono-gmcs
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
3 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up emacs23 (23.3+1-1ubuntu4) ...
emacs-install emacs23
install/auctex: Setting up for emacs23 (log file: /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/auctex//CompilationLog)... done.
update-auctex-elisp[15842]: Further output will appear in: /var/log/auctex-emacs23.log.
install/cedet-common: Handling install for emacsen flavor emacs23
Wrote /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/cedet-autogen.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/cedet-compat.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/cedet-edebug.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/cedet-files.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/cedet-load.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/cedet.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/ezimage.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/fame.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/inversion.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/mode-local.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/pprint.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/sformat.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/cedet-common/working.elc
install/dictionaries-common: Already byte-compiled for emacs23. Skipping ...
install/ecb: Handling install for emacsen flavor emacs23
Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/00debian-vars.el (source)...
Loading /etc/emacs23/site-start.d/50auctex.el (source)...
Loading /usr/sh...

[Jeff Abrahamson (jeff-purple)]

De-installing ecb works around (or fixes, depending on one's view) the problem.

[era (era)]

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.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.