[Bug 1357304] [NEW] xemacs installation fails during upgrade from 12.04 to 14.04

[Chris Earnshaw]

Public bug reported:

Release was 12.04 LTS, now reports 14.05.1 LTS

Using 'automatic' release update through Muon Update Manager

Expected clean upgrade, encountered problems with the upgrade of the
xemacs21 package.

Attempting to upgrade Kubuntu 12.04LTS to Kubuntu 14.04LTS 32-bit
virtual machine leads to error installing emacsen-common. The remainder
of the Xemacs installation then fails. Requires a forced uninstall of
all (x)emacs components after upgrade, followed by re-installation of
emacsen-common, followed by installation of the remainder of the
xemacs21 package. Has happened on two systems - one using Oracle
VirtualBox 4.3.12 on a Windows 7 Home edition 64-bit host, one using
VirtualBox 4.3.14 on an Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS 64-bit host.

I think the problem may be in the internal dependencies of the xemacs21
package, but I only encountered the issue during the 12.04 - 14.04
upgrade.

** Affects: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  xemacs installation fails during upgrade from 12.04 to 14.04

Status in “ubuntu-release-upgrader” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Release was 12.04 LTS, now reports 14.05.1 LTS

  Using 'automatic' release update through Muon Update Manager

  Expected clean upgrade, encountered problems with the upgrade of the
  xemacs21 package.

  Attempting to upgrade Kubuntu 12.04LTS to Kubuntu 14.04LTS 32-bit
  virtual machine leads to error installing emacsen-common. The
  remainder of the Xemacs installation then fails. Requires a forced
  uninstall of all (x)emacs components after upgrade, followed by re-
  installation of emacsen-common, followed by installation of the
  remainder of the xemacs21 package. Has happened on two systems - one
  using Oracle VirtualBox 4.3.12 on a Windows 7 Home edition 64-bit
  host, one using VirtualBox 4.3.14 on an Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS 64-bit
  host.

  I think the problem may be in the internal dependencies of the
  xemacs21 package, but I only encountered the issue during the 12.04 -
  14.04 upgrade.

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