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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

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       Status: New => Confirmed

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Title:
  devscripts-el and emacs cannot be installed in same transaction

Status in “apt” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  In Trusty, you cannot install devscripts-el and emacs in the same apt
  transaction, because devscripts-el's postinst will fail.  If emacs is
  already installed prior to the transaction, it works fine.

  Steps to reproduce:
  1) Install 14.04 (amd64) from the Desktop CD, accepting all the defaults.  (This does not install emacs)
  2) Run apt-get install devscripts-el
  3) See the transaction fail (a typescript is attached)

  Some things to note:
  If you install emacsen-common (just emacsen-common, not emacs itself) first, you will see the following errors during the transaction:

  Preparing to unpack .../apel_10.8+0.20120427-6_all.deb ...
  ERROR: apel is broken - called emacs-package-install as a new-style add-on, but has no compat file.
  Preparing to unpack .../debian-el_35.8ubuntu2_all.deb ...
  ERROR: debian-el is broken - called emacs-package-install as a new-style add-on, but has no compat file.
  Preparing to unpack .../dpkg-dev-el_35.8ubuntu2_all.deb ...
  ERROR: dpkg-dev-el is broken - called emacs-package-install as a new-style add-on, but has no compat file.
  Preparing to unpack .../devscripts-el_35.8ubuntu2_all.deb ...
  ERROR: devscripts-el is broken - called emacs-package-install as a new-style add-on, but has no compat file.

  The transaction will still fail as it does above.  Despite all the
  packages above being listed as broken, it's only devscripts-el that
  can't be installed in the same transaction.  All combinations of
  (dpkg-dev-el, debian-el, apel) and emacs in the same transaction work
  fine, so it is clear that it's devscripts-el is to blame here.  This
  also seems related to Debian Bug #734531.

  Additional info:

  (No matter how much I try, or what I set MaxReports to, I cannot
  convince apport to generate an error log for this failure.)

  $ lsb_release -rd
  Description:	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
  Release:	14.04

  $ apt-cache policy devscripts-el emacs apel emacs24 emacsen-common
  devscripts-el:
    Installed: (none)
    Candidate: 35.8ubuntu2
    Version table:
       35.8ubuntu2 0
          500 http://mirrors.mit.edu/ubuntu/ trusty/universe amd64 Packages
  emacs:
    Installed: (none)
    Candidate: 45.0ubuntu1
    Version table:
       45.0ubuntu1 0
          500 http://mirrors.mit.edu/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages
  apel:
    Installed: (none)
    Candidate: 10.8+0.20120427-6
    Version table:
       10.8+0.20120427-6 0
          500 http://mirrors.mit.edu/ubuntu/ trusty/universe amd64 Packages
  emacs24:
    Installed: (none)
    Candidate: 24.3+1-2ubuntu1
    Version table:
       24.3+1-2ubuntu1 0
          500 http://mirrors.mit.edu/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages
  emacsen-common:
    Installed: (none)
    Candidate: 2.0.7
    Version table:
       2.0.7 0
          500 http://mirrors.mit.edu/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages

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