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On 2025-11-23 Junio C Hamano <[email protected]> wrote:
> Package: t-code
> Version: 2:2.3.1-11
> Severity: grave
> Justification: renders package unusable
> X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected]

> Dear Maintainer,

> t-code fails to install with "sudo apt install t-code"; the most
> crucial bit seems to be the error message about "new-style add-on,
> with no compat file".

>     ...md64 t-code all 2:2.3.1-11 [119 kB]
>     Fetched 119 kB in 1s (172 kB/s)
>     Selecting previously unselected package t-code.
>     (Reading database ... 310340 files and directories currently installed.)
>     Preparing to unpack .../t-code_2%3a2.3.1-11_all.deb ...
>     Unpacking t-code (2:2.3.1-11) ...
>     Setting up t-code (2:2.3.1-11) ...
>     ERROR: t-code is broken - called emacs-package-install as a new-style 
> add-on, but has no compat file.
>     Install t-code for emacs
>     Install t-code for emacs
>     Processing triggers for install-info (7.2-4) ...
[...]

Hello,

I cannot reproduce "fails to install" although I see the warning
message. dpkg exits with success (exit code 0) and reports the package
as successfully installed.

(sid)root@argenau:/# apt install t-code ; echo $? ; dpkg -l t-code | cat
[...]
ERROR: t-code is broken - called emacs-package-install as a new-style add-on, 
but has no compat file.
Install t-code for emacs
Install t-code for emacs
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.42-4) ...
Processing triggers for ccache (4.12.2-1) ...
Updating symlinks in /usr/lib/ccache ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.13.1-1) ...
0
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name           Version      Architecture Description
+++-==============-============-============-====================================================
ii  t-code         2:2.3.1-11   all          Japanese direct input method 
environment for emacsen

Downgrading for the time being.

cu Andreas

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