Aaron Solochek wrote: > I get the following error on a potato system: > > emacs-install emacs20 > install/elib: Handling install of emacsen flavor emacs20 > /usr/lib/emacsen-common/packages/install/elib: cd: > /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/elib: No such file or directory > install/elib: install Info links for emacs20 > install/elib: byte-compiling for emacs20 > cp: /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/elib//*: No such file or directory > emacs-install: /usr/lib/emacsen-common/packages/install/elib emacs20 > failed at /usr/lib/emacsen-common/emacs-install line 28. > dpkg: error processing emacs20 (--configure): > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 29 > Errors were encountered while processing: > emacs20 > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
The error is not in the emacs20 packages at all, but in the elib package. Purge that one and try again. -- Peter Galbraith, research scientist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Maurice Lamontagne Institute, Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada P.O. Box 1000, Mont-Joli Qc, G5H 3Z4 Canada. 418-775-0852 FAX: 775-0546 6623'rd GNU/Linux user at the Counter - http://counter.li.org/