Not only have I seen it, it has been such a persistent error that I
have abandoned finc emacs altogether.
Payam
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"...who search the reason of things
Are those who bring the most sorrow on themselves."
--Euripides, The Medea
On Apr 26, 2005, at 7:57 PM, Nicolas Bock wrote:
Hello,
I am trying to install emacs21 on a powerbook G4 and get the following
error message:
The following package will be installed or updated:
emacs21
The following additional package will be installed:
emacsen-common
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
dpkg -i
/sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/editors/emacsen-
common_1.4.13-2_darwin-powerpc.deb
(Reading database ... 36693 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace emacsen-common 1.4.13-2 (using
.../emacsen-common_1.4.13-2_darwin-powerpc.deb) ...
emacs-package-remove: Couldn't open
/sw/var/lib/emacsen-common/installed-flavors at
/sw/lib/emacsen-common/emacs-package-remove line 36.
dpkg: warning - old pre-removal script returned error exit status 2
dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
emacs-package-remove: Couldn't open
/sw/var/lib/emacsen-common/installed-flavors at
/sw/lib/emacsen-common/emacs-package-remove line 36.
dpkg: error processing
/sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/editors/emacsen-
common_1.4.13-2_darwin-powerpc.deb
(--install):
subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 2
emacs-package-install: Couldn't open
/sw/var/lib/emacsen-common/installed-flavors at
/sw/lib/emacsen-common/emacs-package-install line 36.
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
/sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/editors/emacsen-
common_1.4.13-2_darwin-powerpc.deb
### execution of dpkg failed, exit code 1
Failed: can't install package emacsen-common-1.4.13-2
I don't understand this error message. Has anyone seen this? Did I do
something wrong? Is there something I can do to fix this problem?
Thanks already, nick
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