Bug#533899: The slime package fails in the configuration step of installing/upgrading

[Ingvar Mattsson]

Package: slime
Version: 1:20090217-2
Severity: important

The slime package post-install configuration fails. Full output from
a configuration attempt is pasted below. I've had a brief look at the
scripts, but nothing jumps out as exceptionally wrong, so eyes from
someone with a bit more experience would be appreciated.

head:/var/log# dpkg --configure slime
Setting up slime (1:20090217-2) ...
emacsen-common: Handling install of emacsen flavor emacs
emacsen-common: Handling install of emacsen flavor emacs21
emacsen-common: byte-compiling for emacs21
Wrote /etc/emacs21/site-start.d/00debian-vars.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/debian-startup.elc
Done
emacsen-common: Handling install of emacsen flavor emacs22
emacsen-common: byte-compiling for emacs22
Wrote /etc/emacs22/site-start.d/00debian-vars.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs22/site-lisp/debian-startup.elc
install/slime: Handling install for emacsen flavor emacs21
rm: cannot remove `/usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/slime/ChangeLog': No such file or directory
Loading 00debian-vars...
Loading 50dictionaries-common (source)...
Loading debian-ispell...
Loading /usr/lib/emacs/21.4/i486-linux-gnu/fns-21.4.1-x.el (source)...
Loading /var/cache/dictionaries-common/emacsen-ispell-default.el (source)...
Loading /var/cache/dictionaries-common/emacsen-ispell-dicts.el (source)...
Loading 50erlang-mode (source)...
Loading 50lyskom-elisp-client (source)...
Loading 50psvn (source)...
Loading 50pymacs (source)...
Loading 50python-mode (source)...
Loading 50slime (source)...
Loading /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/slime/slime-autoloads (source)...
Loading 60hyperspec (source)...
Cannot open load file: tramp
emacs-package-install: /usr/lib/emacsen-common/packages/install/slime emacs21 emacs21 emacs22 failed at /usr/lib/emacsen-common/emacs-package-install line 30, <TSORT> line 2.
dpkg: error processing slime (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 255
Errors were encountered while processing:
 slime


-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.25-2-486
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages slime depends on:
ii  emacsen-common                1.4.19     Common facilities for all emacsen

Versions of packages slime recommends:
ii  cl-swank                  1:20090616-1   Superior LISP Interaction Mode for
ii  emacs21 [info-browser]    21.4a+1-5.6    The GNU Emacs editor
ii  emacs22 [info-browser]    22.3+1-1       The GNU Emacs editor
ii  info [info-browser]       4.13a.dfsg.1-1 Standalone GNU Info documentation 

slime suggests no packages.

-- no debconf information