Followup-For: Bug #246296 Package: a2ps Version: 1:4.13b.dfsg.1-1 *** Please type your report below this line *** Hi,
is the version that fixed this (a2ps_4.13b-5) going to get into etch? For people who hit this, there is a simple workaround to the problem: # apt-get --purge remove a2ps # apt-get install emacsen-common # apt-get install a2ps Below are the relevant bits of the typescript I took during an install; after I had added the taskel 'standard' bundle, plus lpr, I installed a few hundred more packages with # dpkg --set-selections < package-list-from-otherhost.txt # apt-get dselect-upgrade (I cleaned the list of package names dropped for etch before using it) <snip - sorry for the garbage from script -> 'col -bx' pathway> Get:173rhttp://ftp.au.debian.org etch/main whois 4.7.206[47.7kB]m44s Get:174rhttp://ftp.au.debian.org etch/main a2ps 1:4.13b.dfsg.1-1m[725kB] Get:175rhttp://ftp.au.debian.org etch/main binutils 2.17-3k[2605kB]s <snip> Get:244ihttp://ftp.au.debian.org etch/main dvidvi 1.0-73[15.7kB]m37s Get:245rhttp://ftp.au.debian.org etch/main emacsen-commonk1.4.17m[17. 6kB] Get:246ihttp://ftp.au.debian.org etch/main emacs21-commonk21.4a+1-3s[ <snip> Unpacking whois (from .../archives/whois_4.7.20_i386.deb) ... Unpacking a2ps (from .../a2ps_1%3a4.13b.dfsg.1-1_i386.deb) ... Unpacking binutils (from .../binutils_2.17-3_i386.deb) ... <snip> Unpacking dvidvi (from .../archives/dvidvi_1.0-7_i386.deb) ... Unpacking emacsen-common (from .../emacsen-common_1.4.17_all.deb) ... Unpacking emacs21-common (from .../emacs21-common_21.4a+1-3_all.deb) ... <snip> Setting up whois (4.7.20) ... Setting up a2ps (4.13b.dfsg.1-1) ... ERROR: emacsen-common being used before being configured. ERROR: This is likely a bug in the a2ps package, which needs to ERROR: add one of the appropriate dependencies. ERROR: See /usr/share/doc/emacsen-common/debian-emacs-policy.gz ERROR: for details. dpkg: error processing a2ps (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2 Setting up binutils (2.17-3) ... <snip> Setting up dvidvi (1.0-7) ... Setting up emacsen-common (1.4.17) ... emacsen-common: Handling install of emacsen flavor emacs <snip> Setting up emacs21-common (21.4a+1-3) ... Setting up emacs21-bin-common (21.4a+1-3) ... Setting up xaw3dg (1.5+E-14) ... Setting up emacs21 (21.4a+1-3) ... emacs-install emacs21 install/a2ps: Handling install for emacsen flavor emacs21 Loading 00debian-vars (source)... Loading 50a2ps (source)... Loading a2ps-print (source)... Loading 50dictionaries-common (source)... Loading /var/cache/dictionaries-common/emacsen-ispell-dicts.el (source)... Error while loading 50dictionaries-common Loading 50psvn (source)... Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/a2ps/a2ps.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/a2ps/a2ps-print.elc Done install/dictionaries-common: Byte-compiling for emacsen flavour emacs21 Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/dictionaries-common/debian-ispell.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/dictionaries-common/ispell.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/dictionaries-common/flyspell.elc Done emacsen-common: Handling install of emacsen flavor emacs21 emacsen-common: byte-compiling for emacs21 Loading 00debian-vars (source)... Loading 50a2ps (source)... Loading a2ps-print... Loading 50dictionaries-common (source)... Loading debian-ispell... Loading /var/cache/dictionaries-common/emacsen-ispell-default.el (source)... Loading /var/cache/dictionaries-common/emacsen-ispell-dicts.el (source)... Loading 50psvn (source)... Wrote /etc/emacs21/site-start.d/00debian-vars.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/debian-startup.elc Done install/gettext: Byte-compiling for emacs21 Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/gettext/po-mode.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/gettext/po-compat.elc Done Setting up enscript (1.6.4-11) ... <snip> -- System Information: Debian Release: 4.0 APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-3-686 Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages a2ps depends on: ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-11 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libpaper1 1.1.21 Library for handling paper charact Versions of packages a2ps recommends: ii bzip2 1.0.3-6 high-quality block-sorting file co ii lpr 1:2006.11.04 BSD lpr/lpd line printer spooling ii psutils 1.17-24 A collection of PostScript documen pn wdiff <none> (no description available) -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
