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xemacs21 package

package xemacs21 21.4.22-2ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2 -- new install of Ubuntu running on Virtual Box 4.0.6 r71416

Bug #781178 reported by Jeffrey Franks on 2011-05-11

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #467446: update-alternatives: error: alternative path /usr/bin/xemacs21 doesn't exist.. Edit Remove

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	xemacs21 (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: xemacs21

Selected xemacs non-mule along with el support libraries.
I've never seen this kind of error up until now.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: xemacs21 21.4.22-2ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-31.61-generic-pae 2.6.32.32+drm33.14
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-31-generic-pae i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed May 11 09:03:33 2011
Dependencies:

ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: xemacs21
Title: package xemacs21 21.4.22-2ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2

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Jeffrey Franks (jfranks-egcircuits) wrote on 2011-05-11:

AptOrdering.txt Edit (5.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Df.txt Edit (623 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (26.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (160.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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era (era) wrote on 2011-05-12:

Quoting the attached DpkgTerminalLog.txt:
> Setting up xemacs21 (21.4.22-2ubuntu1) ...
> update-alternatives: error: alternative path /usr/bin/xemacs21 doesn't exist.
> dpkg: error processing xemacs21 (--configure):
> subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2

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 #467446, 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. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.