There is a Debian bug about this, also: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=689136
and as best I can tell, the fix is to have 02-skip-install-patch skip over building the emacs byte code for gforth.el as per https://sources.debian.net/src/gforth/0.7.2%2Bdfsg1-1.1/debian/patches/02 -skip-install.patch/ ** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #689136 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=689136 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1210525 Title: package gforth 0.7.0+ds2-0.1 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/gforth/+bug/1210525/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs