Bug#431131: cmigrep: broken emacsen-install script
On Fri, Jun 29, 2007 at 08:27:06PM -0400, Aaron M. Ucko wrote:
> Package: cmigrep
> Version: 1.3-1
> Severity: critical
> Justification: breaks unrelated software
>
> cmigrep's emacsen-install script is overzealous; specifically, it
> inappropriately attempts to compile all .el files in
> /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp even if they don't work with the current
> emacsen flavor (for instance, remembrance-agent's remem.el
> vs. xemacs), and compounds the problem by removing
> /usr/share/$FLAVOR/site-lisp/*.el, which may contain files belonging
> to other packages (for instance, auctex's tex-site.el).
Wow, I have no idea how this could happen, in particular the "rm *.el".
I hope I didn't cause too much damage. Fixed and uploaded with
urgency=high.
Best Regards -Ralf.
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