Package: emacs24 Version: 24.5+1-3 Severity: important Dear Maintainer,
While trying to upgrade Emacs today, I got the following error: The following packages will be upgraded: emacs24 1 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0 B/3,520 kB of archives. After unpacking 7,168 B will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] Retrieving bug reports... Done Parsing Found/Fixed information... Done Reading changelogs... Done (Reading database ... 267153 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../emacs24_24.5+1-3_amd64.deb ... Remove dictionaries-common for emacs24 remove/dictionaries-common: Purging byte-compiled files for flavour emacs24 Remove prolog-el for emacs24 remove/prolog-el: purging byte-compiled files for emacs24 Remove nethack-el for emacs24 remove/nethack-el: purging byte-compiled files for emacs24 Remove lua-mode for emacs24 remove/lua-mode: purging byte-compiled files for emacs24 Remove emacsen-common for emacs24 emacsen-common: Handling removal of emacsen flavor emacs24 Remove emacs-goodies-el for emacs24 remove/emacs-goodies-el: purging byte-compiled files for emacs24 Remove elpa-vala-mode for emacs24 remove/emacs24-24.5+1: Handling removal of emacsen flavor emacs24 dh-elpa: purging flavor specific files for emacs24 find: `/usr/share/emacs24/site-lisp/elpa/emacs24-24.5+1': No such file or directory ERROR: remove script from elpa-vala-mode package failed dpkg: warning: subprocess old pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 dpkg: trying script from the new package instead ... Remove dictionaries-common for emacs24 Remove prolog-el for emacs24 remove/prolog-el: purging byte-compiled files for emacs24 Remove nethack-el for emacs24 Remove lua-mode for emacs24 remove/lua-mode: purging byte-compiled files for emacs24 Remove emacsen-common for emacs24 emacsen-common: Handling removal of emacsen flavor emacs24 Remove emacs-goodies-el for emacs24 remove/emacs-goodies-el: purging byte-compiled files for emacs24 Remove elpa-vala-mode for emacs24 remove/emacs24-24.5+1: Handling removal of emacsen flavor emacs24 dh-elpa: purging flavor specific files for emacs24 find: `/usr/share/emacs24/site-lisp/elpa/emacs24-24.5+1': No such file or directory ERROR: remove script from elpa-vala-mode package failed dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/emacs24_24.5+1-3_amd64.deb (--unpack): subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/emacs24-x to provide /usr/bin/emacs (emacs) in auto mode Install elpa-vala-mode for emacs24 install/vala-mode-0.1: Handling install of emacsen flavor emacs24 install/vala-mode-0.1: byte-compiling for emacs24 Install emacs-goodies-el for emacs24 install/emacs-goodies-el: Handling emacs24, logged in /tmp/elc_VjAi2A.log Building autoloads for emacs24 in /usr/share/emacs24/site-lisp/emacs-goodies-el install/emacs-goodies-el: Deleting /tmp/elc_VjAi2A.log Install emacsen-common for emacs24 emacsen-common: Handling install of emacsen flavor emacs24 Wrote /etc/emacs24/site-start.d/00debian-vars.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs24/site-lisp/debian-startup.elc Install lua-mode for emacs24 install/lua-mode: Handling install for emacsen flavor emacs24 Wrote /usr/share/emacs24/site-lisp/lua-mode/lua-mode.elc Install nethack-el for emacs24 install/nethack-el: Handling install for emacsen flavor emacs24 Loading 00debian-vars... Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50autoconf.el (source)... Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50cmake-data.el (source)... Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50devhelp.el (source)... Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50dictionaries-common.el (source)... Info: Skip debian-el loading if run under dpkg control. Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50emacs-goodies-el.el (source)... Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50festival.el (source)... Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50lua-mode.el (source)... Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50nethack-el.el (source)... Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50prolog-el.el (source)... Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50python-docutils.el (source)... Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50vala-mode-el.el (source)... Wrote /usr/share/emacs24/site-lisp/nethack/nethack-api.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs24/site-lisp/nethack/nethack-cmd.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs24/site-lisp/nethack/nethack-compat.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs24/site-lisp/nethack/nethack-keys-dvorak.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs24/site-lisp/nethack/nethack-keys.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs24/site-lisp/nethack/nethack-tiles.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs24/site-lisp/nethack/nethack.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs24/site-lisp/nethack/slashem-tiles.elc Install prolog-el for emacs24 install/prolog-el: Handling install for emacsen flavor emacs24 Loading 00debian-vars... Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50autoconf.el (source)... Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50cmake-data.el (source)... Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50devhelp.el (source)... Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50dictionaries-common.el (source)... Info: Skip debian-el loading if run under dpkg control. Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50emacs-goodies-el.el (source)... Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50festival.el (source)... Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50lua-mode.el (source)... Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50nethack-el.el (source)... Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50prolog-el.el (source)... Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50python-docutils.el (source)... Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50vala-mode-el.el (source)... Wrote /usr/share/emacs24/site-lisp/prolog-el/path.elc In prolog-ensure-process: prolog.el:1220:12:Warning: Use `with-current-buffer' rather than save-excursion+set-buffer In prolog-consult-compile: prolog.el:1503:35:Warning: Use `with-current-buffer' rather than save-excursion+set-buffer prolog.el:1475:19:Warning: `compilation-parse-errors-function' is an obsolete variable (as of 24.1); use `compilation-error-regexp-alist' instead. prolog.el:1475:19:Warning: `toggle-read-only' is an obsolete function (as of 24.3); use `read-only-mode' instead. prolog.el:1485:11:Warning: Use `with-current-buffer' rather than save-excursion+set-buffer In end of data: prolog.el:4171:1:Warning: the following functions might not be defined at runtime: comint-mode, ansi-color-for-comint-mode-filter, comint-check-proc, Info-goto-node, Info-follow-nearest-node, easy-menu-add prolog.el:4171:1:Warning: the following functions are not known to be defined: replace-in-string, int-to-char, char-to-int Wrote /usr/share/emacs24/site-lisp/prolog-el/prolog.elc Install cmake-data for emacs24 install/cmake-data: Byte-compiling for emacs24 ln: failed to create symbolic link ‘/usr/share/emacs24/site-lisp/cmake-data/cmake-mode.el’: File exists Wrote /usr/share/emacs24/site-lisp/cmake-data/cmake-mode.elc Install dictionaries-common for emacs24 install/dictionaries-common: Byte-compiling for emacsen flavour emacs24 Wrote /usr/share/emacs24/site-lisp/dictionaries-common/debian-ispell.elc Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/emacs24_24.5+1-3_amd64.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) -- System Information: Debian Release: stretch/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 4.2.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) Versions of packages emacs24 depends on: ii emacs24-bin-common 24.5+1-3 ii gconf-service 3.2.6-3 ii libacl1 2.2.52-2 ii libasound2 1.0.29-1 ii libatk1.0-0 2.18.0-1 ii libc6 2.19-22 ii libcairo-gobject2 1.14.2-2 ii libcairo2 1.14.2-2 ii libdbus-1-3 1.10.0-3 ii libfontconfig1 2.11.0-6.3 ii libfreetype6 2.6-2 ii libgconf-2-4 3.2.6-3 ii libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 2.32.1-1 ii libgif4 4.1.6-11 ii libglib2.0-0 2.46.1-1 ii libgnutls-deb0-28 3.3.18-1 ii libgomp1 5.2.1-22 ii libgpm2 1.20.4-6.1+b2 ii libgtk-3-0 3.18.2-1 ii libice6 2:1.0.9-1+b1 ii libjpeg62-turbo 1:1.4.1-2 ii libm17n-0 1.7.0-1 ii libmagickcore-6.q16-2 8:6.8.9.9-6 ii libmagickwand-6.q16-2 8:6.8.9.9-6 ii libotf0 0.9.13-2 ii libpango-1.0-0 1.38.1-1 ii libpangocairo-1.0-0 1.38.1-1 ii libpng12-0 1.2.50-2+b2 ii librsvg2-2 2.40.11-1 ii libselinux1 2.3-2+b1 ii libsm6 2:1.2.2-1+b1 ii libtiff5 4.0.5-1 ii libtinfo5 6.0+20151017-1 ii libx11-6 2:1.6.3-1 ii libxft2 2.3.2-1 ii libxinerama1 2:1.1.3-1+b1 ii libxml2 2.9.2+zdfsg1-4 ii libxpm4 1:3.5.11-1+b1 ii libxrandr2 2:1.5.0-1 ii libxrender1 1:0.9.8-1+b1 ii zlib1g 1:1.2.8.dfsg-2+b1 emacs24 recommends no packages. Versions of packages emacs24 suggests: pn emacs24-common-non-dfsg <none> -- no debconf information Happy Hacking, David E. McMackins II Associate, Free Software Foundation (#12889) www.mcmackins.org www.delwink.com www.gnu.org www.fsf.org