Comment 2 for bug 1265961

After having problems with the xemacs21 install through Synaptic and
apt-get, I downloaded
a package from xemacs.com. The installation was not successful, with
the installation script
crashing with a message that the compiler is broken, returning a value
of 0 for the size of
a short (integer). I checked gcc, and it returned 2 as sizeof(short),
which is correct. Further
checking showed that the package requires an older version of autoconf
(2.13) than what
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS installs by default (autoconf 2.68). Although
Synaptic installed xemacs21
with errors configuring ...-mule and ...-nomule, it is an older
package with outdated internet
support and it generates error messages at times when executing some
elisp code. The other
version of emacs available in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, emacs version 23,
seems to be more
up-to-date and work with fewer problems.

On 1/3/14, Apport retracing service <email address hidden> wrote:
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> Title:
> xemacs installer crashed during installation of package xemacs21-mule
> 21.4.22-3.2ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed
> post-installation script returned error exit status 1
>
> Status in “xemacs21” package in Ubuntu:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> Installation was run by Synaptic Package Manager.
> Using version 3.8.0-35-generic, kernel updated today (1/3/2014), of Ubuntu
> 12.04.03.
> Installed version of package Xemacs21-mule is 21.4.22-3.2ubuntu1
> I expected a successful installation.
> Instead, the system reported a system program problem and directed me to
> this site to report a bug.
>
> ProblemType: Package
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
> Package: xemacs21-mule 21.4.22-3.2ubuntu1
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-35.50~precise1-generic 3.8.13.13
> Uname: Linux 3.8.0-35-generic i686
> ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.6
> Architecture: i386
> Date: Fri Jan 3 21:41:12 2014
> DuplicateSignature: package:xemacs21-mule:21.4.22-3.2ubuntu1:subprocess
> installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
> ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error
> exit status 1
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386
> (20130820.1)
> MarkForUpload: True
> SourcePackage: xemacs21
> Title: package xemacs21-mule 21.4.22-3.2ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade:
> subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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