On 2013-03-03 09:45 +0100, Daniel Hartwig wrote: > On 3 March 2013 11:04, Daniel Dickinson <csh...@neomailbox.net> wrote: >> On 02/03/13 02:41 AM, Daniel Hartwig wrote: >>> On 2 March 2013 09:57, Daniel Dickinson <csh...@neomailbox.net> wrote: >>>> This happens with any of the packages I have tried to reinstall. For >>>> example, if ccrypt is already installed, the emacs23 amd64 23.4+1-4 will >>>> fail to install. If you subsequently attempt a reinstall you will see >>>> "E: Internal error, No file name for emacs23:amd64". >>> >>> Is the issue with install, or reinstall? >> >> Reinstall (that is using L in aptitude, after the install fails). > > Right. So the situation, as I understand it, is this: > > Starting with emacs23 _not installed_, you install ccrypt. Then you > attempt to install emacs23 and it fails due to some error you have not > specified (but would be very helpful to know). At this point, you > attempt to _reinstall_ emacs23, which fails with the internal error as > stated above. > > Using reinstall — rather than install — on the second attempt suggests > that the package emacs23 is in a state similar to gcc-4.7-base in > #670920. That is, half-installed, half-configured, or similar.
This is indeed the case, see #701944. > I have retried this scenario on a local chroot and not encountered any > problems installing emacs23 after ccrypt. Me neither. Cheers, Sven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org