Bug#507510: ess: fails setting up

[Cristian Ionescu-Idbohrn]

Package: ess
Version: 5.3.10-1
Severity: important

Setting up ess (5.3.10-1) ...
%m{%S%n%s}%1+ case "$1" in
%m{%S%n%s}%1+ '[' configure = configure ']'
%m{%S%n%s}%1+ which install-docs
%m{%S%n%s}%1+ install-docs -i /usr/share/doc-base/ess
%m{%S%n%s}%1+ '[' configure = configure ']'
%m{%S%n%s}%1+ '[' -x /usr/lib/emacsen-common/emacs-package-install ']'
%m{%S%n%s}%1+ /usr/lib/emacsen-common/emacs-package-install ess
install/ess: Handling install for emacsen flavor emacs21
loading 'ess-emcs ..
loading 'ess-cust ..
loading 'ess ..
loading 'ess-site ..
[ess-site:] ess-lisp-directory = '/usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/ess'
[ess-site:] Before requiring dialect 'essd-** ....
[ess-site:] require 'essd-r ...
[essd-r:] (require 'essl-s)
[essl-s:] (def** ) only ...
[essd-r:] (autoload ..) & (def** ..)
[ess-site:] require 'essd-sp3 ...
[ess-site:] require 'essd-sp5 ...
[ess-site:] require 'essd-sp6 ...
[ess-site:] require 'essd-sta ...
[ess-site:] require 'essd-xls ...
[ess-site:] require 'essd-vst ...
[ess-site:] require 'essd-arc ...
[ess-site:] require 'essd-sas ...
[essd-sas:] require 'comint & 'shell ...
[essd-sas:] require 'essl-sas ...
[essl-sas:] (require 'ess) ...
[essl-sas:] (require 'ess-mode) ...
[essl-sas:] (autoload ..) (def** ..) etc ...
[essd-sas:] (autoload ..) (def** ..) ...
[ess-site:] require 'essd-els ...
[ess-site:] require 'essd-omg ...
[ess-site:] require 'essl-bugs ...
[ess-site:] require 'ess   *ITSELF* ...
enabling speedbar support
Finding all versions of R on your system...
Symbol's value as variable is void: ess-r-versions-created
emacs-package-install: /usr/lib/emacsen-common/packages/install/ess emacs21 emacs21 emacs22 failed at /usr/lib/emacsen-common/emacs-package-install line 30, <TSORT> line 1.
dpkg: error processing ess (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 255


Cheers,

-- 
Cristian

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

Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE= (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages ess depends on:
ii  emacs21 [emacsen]            21.4a+1-5.6 The GNU Emacs editor
ii  emacs22 [emacsen]            22.2+2-5    The GNU Emacs editor

ess recommends no packages.

Versions of packages ess suggests:
pn  pspp                          <none>     (no description available)
pn  r-base | r-base-core          <none>     (no description available)
pn  xlispstat                     <none>     (no description available)

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