This bug was fixed in the package emacs24 - 24.4+1-4ubuntu1

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emacs24 (24.4+1-4ubuntu1) vivid; urgency=low

  * Merge from Debian unstable (LP: #1387323).  Remaining changes:
    - debian/rules: Make sure the emacs24-el directory exists.
    - emacsVER-lp725988.patch: Set the X EMACS_CLASS to "Emacs24" to
      please bamf and gnome-shell.
    - debian/emacsVER.desktop: Also set StartupWMClass for bamf and
      gnome-shell.
    - debian/control.in: Have emacs24-common Depends on
      emacs24-common-non-dfsg, now that it is out of multiverse.
      Update debian/copyright to match.

emacs24 (24.4+1-4) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Update emacsen-common dependency as per policy.

emacs24 (24.4+1-3) experimental; urgency=medium

  * Eliminate a race to create info/ during the build.  Add
    0008-A-race-to-create-info-has-been-eliminated.patch with the
    relevant changes.  Thanks to Paul Eggert <email address hidden> for
    tracking down the problem and providing the fix.

emacs24 (24.4+1-2) experimental; urgency=medium

  * Adjust update_autogen and make-info-dir for DFSG removals.
    Change 0003-Remove-files-that-appear-to-be-incompatible-with-the.patch
    accordingly.

emacs24 (24.4+1-1) experimental; urgency=medium

  * Merge upstream version 24.4.
    Remove (unneeded) src/macuvs.h and admin/unidata/IVD_Sequences.txt
    until we're sure about the license:
      https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2014-10/msg00742.html
    Remove new GFDL files (moved to emacs24-common-non-dfsg):
      doc/misc/eww.texi
      doc/misc/ido.texi
      doc/misc/octave-mode.texi
      doc/misc/todo-mode.texi
    Remove redundant patches:
      0007-Invoke-the-correct-xmlstarlet-executable-on-Debian-s.patch
      0008-Emacs-should-no-longer-hang-at-startup-on-kFreeBSD.patch
      0009-Emacs-should-no-longer-hang-at-startup-on-kFreeBSD.patch
      0010-Emacs-should-now-build-correctly-on-GNU-Hurd.patch
      0011-Gnus-should-no-longer-use-a-predictable-temp-file-na.patch
      0012-Security-issues-in-find-gc.el-have-been-fixed-CVE-20.patch
      0013-Security-issues-in-tramp-have-been-fixed-CVE-2014-34.patch
      0014-Insecure-file-handling-in-browse-url-mosaic-has-been.patch
      0015-The-compose-key-should-now-work-better-with-UIM-1-4.patch
      0016-The-compose-key-should-now-work-better-with-UIM-2-4.patch
      0017-The-compose-key-should-now-work-better-with-UIM-3-4.patch
      0018-The-compose-key-should-now-work-better-with-UIM-4-4.patch
      0019-fill-region-as-paragraph-should-better-respect-the-f.patch
      0020-Emacs-should-now-follow-Make-4.0-directory-changes.patch

  * Update debian/copyright* for 24.4.  Update entry for man/faq.texi
    (now doc/mis/efaq.texi); add entries for doc/misc/efaq-w32.texi,
    lisp/obsolete/meese.el, msdos/sedadmin.inp, nt/inc/dirent.h, and
    all of the files in m4/ except gnulib-comp.m4.

  * Ignore src/macuvs.h and IVD_Sequences.txt for now.  Add
    0007-Don-t-try-to-build-src-macuvs.h-via-IVD_Sequences.tx.patch to
    avoid trying to build src/macuvs.h (via IVD_Sequences.txt) since
    we removed it for the time being, due to uncertainty over the
    licensing.

  * Build depend on libacl1-dev for new ACL support

  * Build depend on zlib1g-dev for new zlib support

  * Remove obsolete configure argument --with-crt-dir

  * Look for DOC, not DOC-$(runtime_ver) in debian/rules.  The DOC
    file is now just DOC.

  * Don't try to remove /usr/local in debian/rules.  It's not created
    during the build anymore.

emacs24 (24.3+1-5) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Fix patch-to-news: notice error; correct path

  * Fix a problem with UIM and the compose key.
    Incorporate the relevant upstream patches:
      0015-The-compose-key-should-now-work-better-with-UIM-1-4.patch
      0016-The-compose-key-should-now-work-better-with-UIM-2-4.patch
      0017-The-compose-key-should-now-work-better-with-UIM-3-4.patch
      0018-The-compose-key-should-now-work-better-with-UIM-4-4.patch
    Thanks to Anders Kaseorg <email address hidden> for the report, and for
    tracking down the relevant patches. (Closes: 753534)

  * Make fill-region-as-paragraph respect the fill-column.
    Add 0019-fill-region-as-paragraph-should-better-respect-the-f.patch.
    Thanks to Nobuhiro IMAI <email address hidden> for reporting the problem
    and tracking down the relevant patch. (Closes: 539634)

  * Follow Make 4.0 directory changes in compile mode.
    Add 0020-Emacs-should-now-follow-Make-4.0-directory-changes.patch
    to incorporate the relevant upstream patch.
    Thanks to Christophe Troestler <email address hidden> for
    reporting the problem. (Closes: 747624)
 -- Anders Kaseorg <email address hidden>   Wed, 29 Oct 2014 14:47:43 -0400