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In , alex (alex-alexph) wrote : gettext-el: apt-get update. dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/gettext-el_0.10.40-7_all.deb (--unpack)

Package: gettext-el
Version: 0.10.40-6
Severity: important

whilst performing my daily apt-get upgrade.. (can reproduced this on two machines):

grumble:~# apt-get upgrade
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
1 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
18 packages not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B/41.9kB of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
(Reading database ... 34443 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace gettext-el 0.10.40-6 (using
.../gettext-el_0.10.40-7_all.deb) ...
ERROR: emacsen-common being used before being configured.
ERROR: This is likely a bug in the gettext-el 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 gettext-el 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/gettext-el_0.10.40-7_all.deb (--unpack):
 subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 2
ERROR: emacsen-common being used before being configured.
ERROR: This is likely a bug in the gettext-el 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 while cleaning up:
  subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/gettext-el_0.10.40-7_all.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
grumble:~#

-- System Information
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Kernel Version: Linux grumble 2.4.18 #2 Fri Jul 12 12:42:34 BST 2002 i686 unknown unknown GNU/Linux

Versions of the packages gettext-el depends on:
ii gettext 0.10.40-7 GNU Internationalization utilities