Bug#583857: ess: Upgrade to 5.9.1-1 fails

[Carl-Fredrik Enell]

Package: ess
Version: 5.9.1-1
Severity: important



-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (990, 'stable'), (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages ess depends on:
ii  dpkg                      1.15.7.2       Debian package management system
ii  install-info              4.13a.dfsg.1-5 Manage installed documentation in 
ii  xemacs21-mule [emacsen]   21.4.22-3      highly customizable text editor --

ess recommends no packages.

Versions of packages ess suggests:
pn  pspp                   <none>            (no description available)
ii  r-base-core            2.11.1~20100525-1 GNU R core of statistical computat
pn  xlispstat              <none>            (no description available)

-- no debconf information
Messages follow

Setting up ess (5.9.1-1) ...
install/ess: Handling install for emacsen flavor xemacs21
loading 'ess-compat ..
Loading ess-compat... (file ess-compat.el is newer)
loading 'ess-custom ..
Loading ess-custom... (file ess-custom.el is newer)
loading 'ess ..
loading 'ess-site ..
Loading ess-site... (file ess-site.el is newer)
[ess-site:] ess-lisp-directory = '/usr/share/xemacs21/site-lisp/ess'
[ess-site:] Before requiring dialect 'ess-*-d ....
[ess-site:] require 'ess-r-d ...
Loading ess-r-d... (file ess-r-d.el is newer)
[ess-r-d:] (require 'ess-s-l)
Loading ess-s-l... (file ess-s-l.el is newer)
[ess-s-l:] (def** ) only ...
Loading ess-mode... (file ess-mode.el is newer)
Loading noweb-mode... (file noweb-mode.el is newer)
Loading ess-inf... (file ess-inf.el is newer)
Loading ess-utils... (file ess-utils.el is newer)
Loading ess-r-args... (file ess-r-args.el is newer)
[ess-r-d:] (autoload ..) & (def** ..)
[ess-site:] require 'ess-sp3-d ...
Loading ess-sp3-d... (file ess-sp3-d.el is newer)
[ess-site:] require 'ess-sp5-d ...
Loading ess-sp5-d... (file ess-sp5-d.el is newer)
[ess-site:] require 'ess-sp6-d ...
Loading ess-sp6-d... (file ess-sp6-d.el is newer)
[ess-site:] require 'ess-sta-d ...
Loading ess-sta-d... (file ess-sta-d.el is newer)
Loading ess-sta-l... (file ess-sta-l.el is newer)
Loading make-regexp... (file make-regexp.el is newer)
[ess-site:] require 'ess-xls-d ...
Loading ess-xls-d... (file ess-xls-d.el is newer)
Loading ess-lsp-l... (file ess-lsp-l.el is newer)
[ess-site:] require 'ess-vst-d ...
Loading ess-vst-d... (file ess-vst-d.el is newer)
[ess-site:] require 'ess-arc-d ...
Loading ess-arc-d... (file ess-arc-d.el is newer)
[ess-site:] require 'ess-sas-d ...
Loading ess-sas-d... (file ess-sas-d.el is newer)
[ess-sas-d:] require 'comint & 'shell ...
[ess-sas-d:] require 'ess-sas-l ...
Loading ess-sas-l... (file ess-sas-l.el is newer)
[ess-sas-l:] (require 'ess) ...
[ess-sas-l:] (require 'ess-mode) ...
[ess-sas-l:] (autoload ..) (def** ..) etc ...
Loading ess-sas-a... (file ess-sas-a.el is newer)
[ess-sas-d:] (autoload ..) (def** ..) ...
[ess-site:] require 'essd-els ...
Loading essd-els... (file essd-els.el is newer)
[ess-site:] require 'ess-bugs-l ...
Loading ess-bugs-l... (file ess-bugs-l.el is newer)
Loading ess-noweb... (file ess-noweb.el is newer)
Loading ess-swv... (file ess-swv.el is newer)
[ess-site:] require 'ess   *ITSELF* ...
Loading ess-menu... (file ess-menu.el is newer)
Loading ess-mouse... (file ess-mouse.el is newer)
Loading mouseme... (file mouseme.el is newer)
Loading ess-toolbar... (file ess-toolbar.el is newer)
Compiling /usr/share/xemacs21/site-lisp/ess/ess-arc-d.el...
Wrote /usr/share/xemacs21/site-lisp/ess/ess-arc-d.elc

...

While compiling toplevel forms in file /usr/share/xemacs21/site-lisp/ess/ess-rutils.el:
  !! Invalid read syntax ((")"))
>>Error occurred processing ess-rutils.el: 
Invalid read syntax: ")"


...

Done
emacs-package-install: /usr/lib/emacsen-common/packages/install/ess xemacs21 xemacs21 failed at /usr/lib/emacsen-common/emacs-package-install line 30, <TSORT> line 1.
dpkg: error processing ess (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 ess
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)