Package: ess Version: 15.09-1 Severity: grave Tags: patch While upgrading emacs24 from 24.5+1-2 to 24.5+1-3 today, the installation paused and I got the the following prompt:
,---- | Install ess for emacs24 | install/notmuch: Handling install for emacsen flavor emacs24 | install/notmuch: byte-compiling for emacs24 | gzip: Install.log.gz already exists; do you wish to overwrite (y or n)? `---- Pressing n caused the installation to fail: ,---- | gzip: Install.log.gz already exists; do you wish to overwrite (y or n)? n | not overwritten | ERROR: install script from ess package failed | dpkg: error while cleaning up: | subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 `---- /usr/lib/emacsen-common/packages/install/ess wants to gzip its install log which leads to the above prompt if the gzipped version already exists, a violation of Debian Policy 3.9.1. "Prompting in maintainer scripts". Adding a simple "-f" when invoking gzip fixes this. Cheers, -Hilko -- System Information: Debian Release: stretch/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 4.2.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/6 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.utf8, 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 ess depends on: ii dpkg 1.18.3 ii emacsen-common 2.0.8 ii install-info 6.0.0.dfsg.1-3 Versions of packages ess recommends: ii r-base-core 3.2.2-1 Versions of packages ess suggests: pn jags <none> pn julia <none> pn pspp <none> pn xlispstat <none> -- no debconf information
