The code that caused the installation problem was in the module el-get.el. The xemacs21 installation completed successfully, and xemacs21 and xemacs21-nomule configured correctly, with this program not installed.
On 1/5/14, John Bandy <jbandy1...@gmail.com> wrote: > After having problems with the xemacs21 install through Synaptic and > apt-get, I downloaded > a package from xemacs.com. The installation was not successful, with > the installation script > crashing with a message that the compiler is broken, returning a value > of 0 for the size of > a short (integer). I checked gcc, and it returned 2 as sizeof(short), > which is correct. Further > checking showed that the package requires an older version of autoconf > (2.13) than what > Ubuntu 12.04 LTS installs by default (autoconf 2.68). Although > Synaptic installed xemacs21 > with errors configuring ...-mule and ...-nomule, it is an older > package with outdated internet > support and it generates error messages at times when executing some > elisp code. The other > version of emacs available in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, emacs version 23, > seems to be more > up-to-date and work with fewer problems. > > On 1/3/14, Apport retracing service <1265...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote: >> ** Tags removed: need-duplicate-check >> >> -- >> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug >> report. >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1265961 >> >> Title: >> xemacs installer crashed during installation of package xemacs21-mule >> 21.4.22-3.2ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed >> post-installation script returned error exit status 1 >> >> Status in “xemacs21” package in Ubuntu: >> New >> >> Bug description: >> Installation was run by Synaptic Package Manager. >> Using version 3.8.0-35-generic, kernel updated today (1/3/2014), of >> Ubuntu >> 12.04.03. >> Installed version of package Xemacs21-mule is 21.4.22-3.2ubuntu1 >> I expected a successful installation. >> Instead, the system reported a system program problem and directed me >> to >> this site to report a bug. >> >> ProblemType: Package >> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 >> Package: xemacs21-mule 21.4.22-3.2ubuntu1 >> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-35.50~precise1-generic 3.8.13.13 >> Uname: Linux 3.8.0-35-generic i686 >> ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.6 >> Architecture: i386 >> Date: Fri Jan 3 21:41:12 2014 >> DuplicateSignature: package:xemacs21-mule:21.4.22-3.2ubuntu1:subprocess >> installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 >> ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned >> error >> exit status 1 >> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 >> (20130820.1) >> MarkForUpload: True >> SourcePackage: xemacs21 >> Title: package xemacs21-mule 21.4.22-3.2ubuntu1 failed to >> install/upgrade: >> subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status >> 1 >> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) >> >> To manage notifications about this bug go to: >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xemacs21/+bug/1265961/+subscriptions >> > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1265961 Title: xemacs installer crashed during installation of package xemacs21-mule 21.4.22-3.2ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xemacs21/+bug/1265961/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
