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gcl package

gcl failed to upgrade from Ubuntu 7.10 to 8.04.

Bug #227878 reported by cremlae
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
gcl (Ubuntu)
Won't Fix
Medium
Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: gcl

lsb_release -rd:
Description: Ubuntu 8.04
Release: 8.04

apt-cache policy gcl:
gcl:
  Installed: 2.6.7-34
  Candidate: 2.6.7-36
  Version table:
     2.6.7-36 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe Packages
 *** 2.6.7-34 0
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

The error was reported three times while upgrading from Ubuntu 7.10 to 8.04, all at the installation step of the upgrade. If I understood correctly, the first report occurred while removing the old version. The second report occurred while installing the new version (because the old version was still in place). The third report occurred at the end of the upgrade, when the upgrade program asked me to send a bug report, which is what I am currently doing.

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed May 7 10:22:41 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ErrorMessage:
 ErrorMessage: package gcl is already installed and configured
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: gcl 2.6.7-34
PackageArchitecture: i386
SourcePackage: gcl
Title: package gcl 2.6.7-34 failed to install/upgrade:
Uname: Linux 2.6.22-14-generic i686

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cremlae (cremlae) wrote :
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Albert Damen (albrt) wrote :

Thanks for reporting this bug.
Can you please attach the files from /var/log/dist-upgrade/ to this bug report? Those files are the logs of the upgrade and will give us more information about what went wrong.

Changed in gcl:
status: New → Incomplete
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cremlae (cremlae) wrote :

As requested. I hope these help. (Note: after finishing the upgrade to 8.04 through Synaptic, I went into the terminal and used "sudo apt-get upgrade" which upgraded to the 8.04 gcl successfully.)

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Albert Damen (albrt) wrote :

Thanks cremlae, these log files really help.

From the logs:
Selecting previously deselected package emacsen-common.

Unpacking emacsen-common (from .../emacsen-common_1.4.17_all.deb) ...
<snip>
Preparing to replace gcl 2.6.7-34 (using .../archives/gcl_2.6.7-36_i386.deb) ...

ERROR: emacsen-common being used before being configured.

ERROR: This is likely a bug in the gcl package, which needs to

ERROR: add one of the appropriate dependencies.

ERROR: See /usr/share/doc/emacsen-common/debian-emacs-policy.gz

ERROR: for details.

dpkg: warning - old pre-removal script returned error exit status 2

dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...

ERROR: emacsen-common being used before being configured.

ERROR: This is likely a bug in the gcl package, which needs to

ERROR: add one of the appropriate dependencies.

ERROR: See /usr/share/doc/emacsen-common/debian-emacs-policy.gz

ERROR: for details.

dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/gcl_2.6.7-36_i386.deb (--unpack):

 subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 2
<snip>
Setting up emacsen-common (1.4.17) ...

emacsen-common: Handling install of emacsen flavor emacs
<snip>
dpkg: error processing gcl (--configure):

 package gcl is already installed and configured

gcl in Hardy depends on emacs22 | emacsen, but gcl in Gutsy and Dapper does not. gcl's prerm runs /usr/lib/emacsen-common/emacs-package-remove if it exists.

Changed in gcl:
status: Incomplete → Confirmed
Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)
Changed in gcl:
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: Confirmed → Triaged
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Matthias Klose (doko) wrote :

closing obsolete issue

Changed in gcl (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Won't Fix
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