This sounds vaguely like an error in dpkg rather than Emacs itself. Is this reproducible? Which file system do you have? (Or file systems, if you have multiple partitions.)
** Changed in: emacs23 (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/727780 Title: Emacs doesn't install propoerly on 10.04 Server -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs