Package: notmuch-emacs Version: 0.20.2-2 Severity: grave Tags: patch While upgrading emacs24 from 24.5+1-2 to 24.5+1-3 today, the installation paused and I got the the following prompt:
,---- | Install notmuch-emacs for emacs24 | install/notmuch: Handling install for emacsen flavor emacs24 | install/notmuch: byte-compiling for emacs24 | gzip: Install.log.gz already exists; do you wish to overwrite (y or n)? `---- Pressing n caused the installation to fail: ,---- | gzip: Install.log.gz already exists; do you wish to overwrite (y or n)? n | not overwritten | ERROR: install script from notmuch-emacs package failed | dpkg: error while cleaning up: | subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 `---- /usr/lib/emacsen-common/packages/install/notmuch-emacs wants to gzip its install log which leads to the above prompt if the gzipped version already exists, a violation of Debian Policy 3.9.1. "Prompting in maintainer scripts". Adding a simple "-f" when invoking gzip fixes this. Cheers, -Hilko -- System Information: Debian Release: stretch/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 4.2.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/6 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) Versions of packages notmuch-emacs depends on: ih emacs24 24.5+1-2 ii emacsen-common 2.0.8 ii notmuch 0.20.2-2 notmuch-emacs recommends no packages. notmuch-emacs suggests no packages. -- no debconf information
