Well, I didn't have elib installed, I tried, and this is what happened.
-Aaron
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Setting up emacs20 (20.6-2) ...
emacs-install emacs20
install/elib: Handling install of emacsen flavor emacs20
install/elib: install Info links for emacs20
install/elib: byte-compiling for emacs20
emacs20 -batch -l elib-compile-all.el -f compile-elib
Loading 00debian-vars...
Loading 35elib-startup (source)...
Loading 50dpkg-dev (source)...
Byte-compiling stack-f.el...
Wrote /usr/share/emacs20/site-lisp/elib/stack-f.elc
Byte-compiling stack-m.el...
Wrote /usr/share/emacs20/site-lisp/elib/stack-m.elc
Byte-compiling queue-f.el...
Wrote /usr/share/emacs20/site-lisp/elib/queue-f.elc
Byte-compiling queue-m.el...
Wrote /usr/share/emacs20/site-lisp/elib/queue-m.elc
Byte-compiling elib-node.el...
Wrote /usr/share/emacs20/site-lisp/elib/elib-node.elc
Byte-compiling dll.el...
Wrote /usr/share/emacs20/site-lisp/elib/dll.elc
Byte-compiling dll-debug.el...
Wrote /usr/share/emacs20/site-lisp/elib/dll-debug.elc
Byte-compiling bintree.el...
While compiling the end of the data in file
/usr/share/emacs20/site-lisp/elib/bintree.el:
** The following functions are not known to be defined:
elib-stack-create, elib-stack-push, elib-stack-pop
Wrote /usr/share/emacs20/site-lisp/elib/bintree.elc
Byte-compiling avltree.el...
While compiling the end of the data in file
/usr/share/emacs20/site-lisp/elib/avltree.el:
** The following functions are not known to be defined:
elib-stack-create, elib-stack-push, elib-stack-pop
Wrote /usr/share/emacs20/site-lisp/elib/avltree.elc
Byte-compiling cookie.el...
While compiling elib-refresh-tin in file
/usr/share/emacs20/site-lisp/elib/cookie.el:
** reference to free variable dll
Wrote /usr/share/emacs20/site-lisp/elib/cookie.elc
Byte-compiling string.el...
While compiling elib-string-expand-newtext in file
/usr/share/emacs20/site-lisp/elib/string.el:
** reference to free variable newtext
** reference to free variable string
Wrote /usr/share/emacs20/site-lisp/elib/string.elc
Byte-compiling read.el...
Wrote /usr/share/emacs20/site-lisp/elib/read.elc
sed s,ELIB_PATH,\"/usr/share/emacs20/site-lisp/elib/\", <
startup-template.el > elib-startup.el
emacsen-common: Handling install of emacsen flavor emacs20
emacsen-common: byte-compiling for emacs20
Loading 00debian-vars (source)...
Loading 35elib-startup (source)...
Loading 50dpkg-dev (source)...
Wrote /etc/emacs20/site-start.d/00debian-vars.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs20/site-lisp/debian-startup.elc
Done
install/gettext: Byte-compiling for emacs20
/usr/lib/emacsen-common/packages/install/gettext: cd:
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/gettext: No such file or directory
emacs-install: /usr/lib/emacsen-common/packages/install/gettext 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
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of elib:
elib depends on emacsen; however:
Package emacsen is not installed.
Package emacs20 which provides emacsen is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing elib (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
emacs20
elib
On Tue, 13 Jun 2000, Peter S Galbraith wrote:
>
> 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.
> --
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