This interrupted the upgrade from karmic to lucid (I'm sorry, I don't have exactly how logged). A manual reinstall attempt at the commandline gave me:
Setting up yaml-mode (0.0.4-2) ... emacsen-common: Handling install of emacsen flavor emacs emacsen-common: Handling install of emacsen flavor emacs23 emacsen-common: byte-compiling for emacs23 Wrote /etc/emacs23/site-start.d/00debian-vars.elc In debian-run-directories: debian-startup.el:131:25:Warning: `mapcar' called for effect; use `mapc' or `dolist' instead Wrote /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/debian-startup.elc install/yaml-mode: Handling install for emacsen flavor emacs23 ln: creating symbolic link `./yaml-mode.el': File exists emacs-package-install: /usr/lib/emacsen-common/packages/install/yaml-mode emacs23 emacs23 failed at /usr/lib/emacsen-common/emacs-package-install line 30, <TSORT> line 2. dpkg: error processing yaml-mode (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: yaml-mode E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) which I'm assuming is the same failure the upgrader hit. Purging and then reinstalling got past this. -- package yaml-mode 0.0.4-2 failed to install/upgrade: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/533549 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs