Quoting the attached VarLogDistupgradeTermLog.gz: > install/dictionaries-common: Byte-compiling for emacsen flavour emacs23 > Wrote /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/dictionaries-common/debian-ispell.elc > >>Error occurred processing ispell.el: error (("IO error reading > >>/usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/dictionaries-common/ispell.el: Input/output > >>error")) > In toplevel form: > flyspell.el:65:1:Error: IO error reading > /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/dictionaries-common/ispell.el: Input/output error > emacs-install: /usr/lib/emacsen-common/packages/install/dictionaries-common > emacs23 failed at /usr/lib/emacsen-common/emacs-install line 28, <TSORT> line > 2. > dpkg: error processing emacs23 (--configure): > subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
I have not seen this before. It seems to hint at a problem in the dictionaries-common package. Reassigning. Do the files and directories mentioned in the error message exist? What are their permissions? ** Package changed: emacs23 (Ubuntu) => dictionaries-common (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: dictionaries-common (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to emacs23 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/912997 Title: package emacs23 23.2+1-7ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Status in “dictionaries-common” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: During upgrade to Natty. ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: emacs23 23.2+1-7ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-31.63-generic 2.6.35.13 Uname: Linux 2.6.35-31-generic i686 Architecture: i386 Date: Fri Jan 6 19:36:22 2012 ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5) SourcePackage: emacs23 Title: package emacs23 23.2+1-7ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2012-01-06 (0 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dictionaries-common/+bug/912997/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp