[Bug 620882] [NEW] package emacspeak 29.0-2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2

[thyagu]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: emacspeak

thyagu at thyagu-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get install emacspeak
[sudo] password for thyagu: 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  tclx8.4
Suggested packages:
  emacspeak-ss psgml eflite w3m-el tclx8.4-doc
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  emacspeak tclx8.4
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 57 not upgraded.
Need to get 2,375kB of archives.
After this operation, 11.3MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y
Get:1 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/universe tclx8.4 8.4.0-2 [103kB]
Get:2 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/universe emacspeak 29.0-2 [2,272kB]
Fetched 2,375kB in 34s (69.7kB/s)                                              
Preconfiguring packages ...
Use of uninitialized value $_[1] in join or string at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Client/ConfModule.pm line 121, <STDIN> line 14.
Use of uninitialized value $_[1] in join or string at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Client/ConfModule.pm line 121, <STDIN> line 16.
Selecting previously deselected package tclx8.4.
(Reading database ... 290244 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking tclx8.4 (from .../tclx8.4_8.4.0-2_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package emacspeak.
Unpacking emacspeak (from .../emacspeak_29.0-2_all.deb) ...
Processing triggers for doc-base ...
Processing 1 added doc-base file(s)...
Registering documents with scrollkeeper...
Processing triggers for install-info ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up tclx8.4 (8.4.0-2) ...

Setting up emacspeak (29.0-2) ...
emacsen-common: Handling install of emacsen flavor emacs
/usr/lib/emacsen-common/packages/install/emacspeak running in /
emacsen-common: Handling install of emacsen flavor emacs22
emacsen-common: byte-compiling for emacs22
Wrote /etc/emacs22/site-start.d/00debian-vars.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs22/site-lisp/debian-startup.elc
/usr/lib/emacsen-common/packages/install/emacspeak running in /
install/emacspeak: Handling install for emacsen flavor emacs22
  Temporary log file is /tmp/fileqkWMp5
  Byte-compiling  (~1.0 min) ...done.
  New alternative for /usr/bin/emacspeak is /usr/bin/emacspeak.emacs22
...with priority "25"
update-alternatives: error: alternative path /usr/bin/emacspeak.emacs22 doesn't exist.
emacs-package-install: /usr/lib/emacsen-common/packages/install/emacspeak emacs22 emacs22 failed at /usr/lib/emacsen-common/emacs-package-install line 30, <TSORT> line 2.
dpkg: error processing emacspeak (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Processing triggers for libc-bin ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
Errors were encountered while processing:
 emacspeak
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)


thyagu at thyagu-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 57 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up emacspeak (29.0-2) ...
emacsen-common: Handling install of emacsen flavor emacs
/usr/lib/emacsen-common/packages/install/emacspeak running in /
emacsen-common: Handling install of emacsen flavor emacs22
emacsen-common: byte-compiling for emacs22
Wrote /etc/emacs22/site-start.d/00debian-vars.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs22/site-lisp/debian-startup.elc
/usr/lib/emacsen-common/packages/install/emacspeak running in /
Ignoring install-info called from maintainer script
The package emacspeak should be rebuild with new debhelper to get trigger support

ProblemType: Package
AptOrdering:
 tclx8.4: Install
 emacspeak: Install
 tclx8.4: Configure
 emacspeak: Configure
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Aug 20 09:47:27 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
Package: emacspeak 29.0-2
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-21.59-generic
SourcePackage: emacspeak
Title: package emacspeak 29.0-2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-21-generic i686

** Affects: emacspeak (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-package i386

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package emacspeak 29.0-2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
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