However, the bug is not in emacs23, but in the packages which declare a dependency on a nonexistent package. I'm marking this as Incomplete because it needs to be split up into tasks for the packages which need a change.
("Tasks" are the items which show up on a yellow background at the top of the page in Launchpad. Add tasks by clicking "also affects package ..." and picking a package you want to add a task for.) (Too bad I cannot go back and edit some minor inaccuracies in the previous comment. Anyway, "emacs" fills the role you propose for "emacs-default" and "emacsen" [roughly] the role you postulate for "emacs", but it doesn't have a meaningful version number for specifying stuff like "GNU Emacs >= 23 <24".) ** Changed in: emacs23 (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1199199 Title: emacs dependency inhibits using latest version To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/emacs23/+bug/1199199/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs