Re: Bug#508058: Simultaneous removal emacs21 and install emacs22 -> no working /usr/bin/emacs

To: Lionel Elie Mamane <lionel@mamane.lu>
Cc: 508058@bugs.debian.org, debian-dpkg@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Bug#508058: Simultaneous removal emacs21 and install emacs22 -> no working /usr/bin/emacs
From: Rob Browning <rlb@defaultvalue.org>
Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2008 13:31:48 -0800
Message-id: <[🔎] 87r641nrjv.fsf@raven.defaultvalue.org>
In-reply-to: <[🔎] 87oczodjs2.fsf@turtle.gmx.de> (Sven Joachim's message of "Sun\, 07 Dec 2008 17\:36\:45 +0100")
References: <20081207143947.GA3393@capsaicin.mamane.lu> <87tz9gf2gm.fsf@turtle.gmx.de> <20081207153929.GA4417@capsaicin.mamane.lu> <[🔎] 87oczodjs2.fsf@turtle.gmx.de>

Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de> writes:

> Okay.  I'm at my wits' end for now, handing this over to the dpkg
> developers.

I've also wondered if this might be due to some improper behavior in
(possibly older) emacs {pre,post}{inst,rm} scripts, i.e. do our older
packages somehow put things into a state that causes trouble during
later upgrades.

-- 
Rob Browning
rlb @defaultvalue.org and @debian.org; previously @cs.utexas.edu
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