[Pkg-haskell-maintainers] Bug#768337: Bug#768337: ghc-mod: "ghc-mod is broken - called emacs-package-remove as a new-style add-on, but has no compat file."

[Daniel Gröber]

From: Sami Liedes <sami.liedes at iki.fi>
Subject: [Pkg-haskell-maintainers] Bug#768337: ghc-mod: "ghc-mod is
broken - called emacs-package-remove as a new-style add-on, but has
no compat file."
Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2014 17:45:47 +0200

> Package: ghc-mod
> Version: 5.2.1.1-1
> Severity: normal
>
> When upgrading ghc-mod, I get this message (which does not prevent
> installation):
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> Preparing to unpack .../ghc-mod_5.2.1.1-1_amd64.deb ...
> ERROR: ghc-mod is broken - called emacs-package-remove as a
> new-style add-on, but has no compat file.
> Remove ghc-mod for emacs24
> remove/ghc-mod: purging byte-compiled files for emacs24
> Unpacking ghc-mod (5.2.1.1-1) over (4.1.2-2) ...
> ------------------------------------------------------------

This is happening because ghc-mod_4.1.2-2's prerm maintainer
script calls emacs-package-remove and that version was missing the
compat file. Version 5.2.1-1 fixes this issue so as long as you don't
get the error when the new version is installed it's fine.
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