Sorry if I spam this list unnecessarily but I discovered that I had to "apt-get remove sudo auctex" before I could do a apt-get dist-upgrade with this ppa added.
This was the output. Setting up emacs23 (23.2+1-4ubuntu1~ppa3~lucid1) ... emacs-install emacs23 install/auctex: Setting up for emacs23 (log file: /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/auctex//CompilationLog)... emacs-install: /usr/lib/emacsen-common/packages/install/auctex emacs23 failed at /usr/lib/emacsen-common/emacs-install line 28, <TSORT> line 15. dpkg: error processing emacs23 (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 123 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of emacs: emacs depends on emacs23 | emacs23-lucid | emacs23-nox; however: Package emacs23 is not configured yet. Package emacs23-lucid is not installed. Package emacs23-nox is not installed. dpkg: error processing emacs (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure. Errors were encountered while processing: emacs23 emacs E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) Apart from that everything works like a charm. Thank you very much guys! -- [FFe] Please merge emacs23 23.2+1-4 (main) from Debian unstable (main) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/588203 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