Can't install or purge emacs20

[Balbir Thomas <thomas.1037@osu.edu>]

Hi,
emacs20 seems to be broken in unstable . It can't be purged . Gives the error :

Removing emacs20 ...
emacs-remove emacs20
remove/ada-mode: Purging byte-compiled files for flavour emacs20
rmdir: `/usr/share/emacs20/site-lisp/ada-mode': No such file or directory
remove/liece: Handling removal of emacsen flavor emacs20 ... done.
remove/flim: Handling removal of emacsen flavor emacs20 ... done.
remove/cmail: purging byte-compiled files for emacs20
remove/bitmap-mule: Handling removal of emacsen flavor emacs20 ... done.
remove/apel: Handling removal of emacsen flavor emacs20 ... done.
remove/auctex: Removing for emacs20... rmdir: `/usr/share/emacs20/site-lisp/auctex//style': No such file or directory
emacs-remove: /usr/lib/emacsen-common/packages/remove/auctex emacs20 emacs19 xemacs21 failed at /usr/lib/emacsen-common/emacs-remove line 28.
dpkg: error processing emacs20 (--purge):
 subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 29
 emacs-install emacs20
 dpkg: error while cleaning up:
  subprocess post-installation script killed by signal (Interrupt)
  Errors were encountered while processing:
   emacs20

Even dpkg --force-all --purge does not work. Any idea how this could be forced
as it interferes with the setup of other programs.

b thomas