bsdgames emacs package conflict

[Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@shellworld.net>]

The conflict is wider than that since dictionaries-common and dpkg are 
also involved in the fighting here.  For some reason dpkg persists in 
trying to get a lock when it fails the first time.  Probably some 
misconfigured dpkg default I'll find later can help me abbreviate future 
output in similar situations.  I can do apt-get -q -q install emacs 
bsdgames and get similar output except that bsdgames in this instance will 
fail to install.  The other consideration is if I don't even attempt to 
install bsdgames and say do something like apt-get -q install emacs 
planner-el the planner-el package which is an emacs add-on looses the 
fight.  I predict much the same will be found with the remaining emacs 
add-ons and possibly all of them.  It needs resources to check this out I 
haven't got available.  If that looping by dpkg isn't a bad default dpkg 
configuration setting then dictionaries-common is probably causing dpkg 
itself to go into error state and dpkg doesn't have an exception properly 
defined to throw and get more specific about this error situation.
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Script started on Thu 17 Apr 2008 04:30:50 AM EDT
ns:~# apt-get --quiet --quiet install bsdgaem  mes emacs
Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously deselected package dictionaries-common.
(Reading database ... 36433 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking dictionaries-common (from .../dictionaries-common_0.98.5_all.deb) ...
Adding `diversion of /usr/share/dict/words to /usr/share/dict/words.pre-dictionaries-common by dictionaries-common'
Selecting previously deselected package wamerican.
Unpacking wamerican (from .../wamerican_6-2.1_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package bsdgames.
Unpacking bsdgames (from .../bsdgames_2.17-14_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package emacsen-common.
Unpacking emacsen-common (from .../emacsen-common_1.4.17_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package emacs22-common.
Unpacking emacs22-common (from .../emacs22-common_22.2+1-1_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package emacs22-bin-common.
Unpacking emacs22-bin-common (from .../emacs22-bin-common_22.2+1-1_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libxmu6.
Unpacking libxmu6 (from .../libxmu6_2%3a1.0.4-1_i386.deb) ...
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Unpacking libxpm4 (from .../libxpm4_1%3a3.5.7-1_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package xaw3dg.
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Selecting previously deselected package emacs22.
Unpacking emacs22 (from .../emacs22_22.2+1-1_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package emacs.
Unpacking emacs (from .../emacs_22.2+1-1_all.deb) ...
Setting up dictionaries-common (0.98.5) ...
Updating OpenOffice.org's dictionary list... done.
Setting up wamerican (6-2.1) ...
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Setting up emacsen-common (1.4.17) ...
emacsen-common: Handling install of emacsen flavor emacs
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Setting up xaw3dg (1.5+E-15) ...
Setting up emacs22 (22.2+1-1) ...
emacs-install emacs22
install/dictionaries-common: Byte-compiling for emacsen flavour emacs22
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emacs-install: /usr/lib/emacsen-common/packages/install/dictionaries-common emacs22 failed at /usr/lib/emacsen-common/emacs-install line 28, <TSORT> line 3.
dpkg: error processing emacs22 (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 255
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of emacs:
 emacs depends on emacs22 | emacs22-gtk | emacs22-nox; however:
  Package emacs22 is not configured yet.
  Package emacs22-nox which provides emacs22 is not installed.
  Package emacs22-gtk is not installed.
  Package emacs22-nox is not installed.
dpkg: error processing emacs (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 emacs22
 emacs
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
ns:~# exit
exit

Script done on Thu 17 Apr 2008 04:33:52 AM EDT
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