On 3 March 2013 17:56, Sven Joachim <svenj...@gmx.de> wrote:
> On 2013-03-03 09:45 +0100, Daniel Hartwig wrote:
>> 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.
>

Thanks, Sven.

Daniel, I have enough information for now to know what is going on.
Thanks for the report.


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