Package: emacs-goodies-el Version: 40.0 Followup-For: Bug #905235 Hi,
I ran into this myself today and had a stab at reproducing it. In case it doesn't work on your machine, you can try it with Docker: $ docker run -it debian:buster-20180716 # echo deb http://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20180802T205558Z buster main > /etc/apt/sources.list # apt update # apt -y --no-install-recommends install emacs25-nox=25.2+1-6+b3 emacs-goodies-el=39.0 # echo deb http://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20180802T205558Z sid main > /etc/apt/sources.list # apt update # apt -y --no-install-recommends upgrade It fails in this manner: Preparing to unpack .../6-emacs-goodies-el_40.0_all.deb ... Remove emacs-goodies-el for emacs25 remove/emacs-goodies-el: purging byte-compiled files for emacs25 Unpacking emacs-goodies-el (40.0) over (39.0) ... Install emacs-goodies-el for emacs25 install/emacs-goodies-el: Handling emacs25, logged in /tmp/elc_D2D0Aw.log Building autoloads for emacs25 in /usr/share/emacs25/site-lisp/emacs-goodies-el ERROR: install script from emacs-goodies-el package failed dpkg: error processing package emacs-goodies-el (--configure): installed emacs-goodies-el package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1 emacs25 -batch --no-site-file --multibyte --eval (setq load-path (cons "." load-path)) -l autoload --eval (setq generated-autoload-file (expand-file-name "emacs-goodies-loaddefs.el")) --eval (setq make-backup-files nil) -f batch-update-autoloads . Warning (initialization): Ignoring obsolete arg --multibyte align-string.el:0:0: error: file-error: (Opening input file No such file or directory /usr/share/emacs25/site-lisp/emacs-goodies-el/align-string.el) Most of the symlinks are broken, not only align-string.el: # ls -lL /usr/share/emacs25/site-lisp/emacs-goodies-el/ 2>/dev/null total 188 l????????? ? ? ? ? ? align-string.el -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7045 Aug 1 01:58 all.el l????????? ? ? ? ? ? apache-mode.el l????????? ? ? ? ? ? ascii.el l????????? ? ? ? ? ? bar-cursor.el l????????? ? ? ? ? ? boxquote.el l????????? ? ? ? ? ? browse-huge-tar.el l????????? ? ? ? ? ? button-lock.el l????????? ? ? ? ? ? clipper.el l????????? ? ? ? ? ? coffee.el l????????? ? ? ? ? ? color-theme-library.el l????????? ? ? ? ? ? color-theme.el l????????? ? ? ? ? ? color-theme_seldefcustom.el l????????? ? ? ? ? ? ctypes.el l????????? ? ? ? ? ? dedicated.el l????????? ? ? ? ? ? df.el -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7428 Aug 1 01:58 dir-locals.el l????????? ? ? ? ? ? edit-env.el l????????? ? ? ? ? ? egocentric.el -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1631 Aug 1 01:58 emacs-goodies-custom.el -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3720 Aug 1 01:58 emacs-goodies-el.el -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 104 Aug 3 07:57 emacs-goodies-loaddefs.el -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 45619 Aug 1 01:58 ff-paths.el l????????? ? ? ? ? ? floatbg.el l????????? ? ? ? ? ? initsplit.el l????????? ? ? ? ? ? joc-toggle-buffer.el l????????? ? ? ? ? ? joc-toggle-case.el l????????? ? ? ? ? ? keydef.el l????????? ? ? ? ? ? keywiz.el l????????? ? ? ? ? ? lcomp.el l????????? ? ? ? ? ? map-lines.el l????????? ? ? ? ? ? maplev.el l????????? ? ? ? ? ? marker-visit.el l????????? ? ? ? ? ? miniedit.el l????????? ? ? ? ? ? mutt-alias.el -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 54765 Aug 1 01:58 muttrc-mode.el l????????? ? ? ? ? ? pack-windows.el l????????? ? ? ? ? ? perldoc.el l????????? ? ? ? ? ? pp-c-l.el -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9819 Aug 1 01:58 projects.el l????????? ? ? ? ? ? protbuf.el l????????? ? ? ? ? ? setnu.el l????????? ? ? ? ? ? shell-command.el l????????? ? ? ? ? ? silly-mail.el l????????? ? ? ? ? ? slang-mode.el l????????? ? ? ? ? ? tc.el l????????? ? ? ? ? ? tlc.el -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11446 Aug 1 01:58 tld.el l????????? ? ? ? ? ? todoo.el l????????? ? ? ? ? ? toggle-option.el -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 10745 Aug 1 01:58 twiddle.el l????????? ? ? ? ? ? under.el -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 19643 Aug 1 01:58 xrdb-mode.el -- System Information: Debian Release: buster/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (800, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386, armhf, armel, powerpc Kernel: Linux 4.17.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: sysvinit (via /sbin/init) LSM: AppArmor: enabled Versions of packages emacs-goodies-el depends on: ii bash 4.4.18-3.1 ii dpkg 1.19.0.5+b1 ii emacs25 [emacsen] 25.2+1-6+b3 ii emacsen-common 2.0.8 ii install-info 6.5.0.dfsg.1-4 Versions of packages emacs-goodies-el recommends: pn elpa-apache-mode <none> pn elpa-bar-cursor <none> pn elpa-bm <none> pn elpa-boxquote <none> pn elpa-browse-kill-ring <none> pn elpa-csv-mode <none> ii elpa-debian-el 37.5 ii elpa-devscripts 40.1 pn elpa-diminish <none> ii elpa-dpkg-dev-el 37.4 pn elpa-eproject <none> pn elpa-graphviz-dot-mode <none> pn elpa-htmlize <none> pn elpa-initsplit <none> pn elpa-markdown-mode <none> pn elpa-pod-mode <none> pn elpa-session <none> pn elpa-tabbar <none> ii perl-doc 5.26.2-6 ii wget 1.19.5-1 emacs-goodies-el suggests no packages. -- no debconf information
