Re: emacs20 install problem

[Peter S Galbraith <GalbraithP@dfo-mpo.gc.ca>]

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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