[Python-apps-team] Bug#735743: pylint fails to install in emacs : ERROR: pylint is broken

[Sebastien KALT]

Package: pylint
Version: 1.1.0-1
Severity: important

Dear maintainers,

I just realized that pylint was not available anymore in emacs since the update
to version 1.1.0.

While running dpkg-reconfigure pylint, I have those errors :
ERROR: pylint is broken - called emacs-package-remove as a new-style add-on,
but has no compat file.
Remove pylint for emacs23
remove/pylint: purging byte-compiled files for emacs23
Remove pylint for xemacs21
remove/pylint: purging byte-compiled files for xemacs21
ERROR: pylint is broken - called emacs-package-install as a new-style add-on,
but has no compat file.
Install pylint for emacs
Install pylint for emacs23
install/pylint: Handling install for emacsen flavor emacs23
Loading 00debian-vars...
Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/20apel.el (source)...
Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50a2ps.el (source)...
Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50auto-complete-el.el (source)...
Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50autoconf.el (source)...
Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50cmake-data.el (source)...
Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50devscripts-el.el (source)...
Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50dictionaries-common.el (source)...
Loading /var/cache/dictionaries-common/emacsen-ispell-dicts.el (source)...
Error while loading 50dictionaries-common: Symbol's value as variable is void:
debian-aspell-only-dictionary-alist
Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50dpkg-dev-el.el (source)...
Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50emacs-calfw.el (source)...
Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50emacs-goodies-el.el (source)...
Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50emacs-intl-fonts.el (source)...
Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50ess.el (source)...
Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50org-mode.el (source)...
Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50pylint.el (source)...
Loading /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/pylint/pylint.el (source)...
Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50python-docutils.el (source)...
Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50systemtap-common.el (source)...
Loading /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/systemtap-common/systemtap-init.el
(source)...
Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50yaml-mode.el (source)...
Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/51debian-el.el (source)...
Wrote /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/pylint/pylint.elc
Install pylint for xemacs21
install/pylint: Handling install for emacsen flavor xemacs21
Loading /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/debian-startup...
Loading 00debian...
Loading site-start...
Loading 00debian-vars...
Loading 20apel...
Loading 50a2ps...
Loading 50auto-complete-el...
Loading 50autoconf...
Loading 50cmake-data...
Loading 50devscripts-el...
Loading 50dictionaries-common...
Loading /var/cache/dictionaries-common/emacsen-ispell-dicts.el...
Error while loading 50dictionaries-common: Symbol's value as variable is void:
debian-aspell-only-dictionary-alist
Loading 50dpkg-dev-el...
Loading 50emacs-calfw...
Loading 50emacs-goodies-el...
Loading 50emacs-intl-fonts...
Loading 50ess...
Package ess not fully installed.  Skipping setup.
Loading 50org-mode...
Loading 50pylint...
Loading pylint...
Error while loading 50pylint: Symbol's function definition is void: define-
compilation-mode
Loading 50python-docutils...
Loading 50systemtap-common...
Loading 50yaml-mode...
Loading 51debian-el...
Compiling /usr/share/xemacs21/site-lisp/pylint/pylint.el...
Wrote /usr/share/xemacs21/site-lisp/pylint/pylint.elc
Done

If I downgrade to version 0.25.1 from testing, it appears in emacs python menu
again.

Regards,

Sebastien KALT



-- System Information:
Debian Release: jessie/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (980, 'unstable'), (970, 'testing'), (960, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.12-7.slh.2-aptosid-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages pylint depends on:
ii  python                 2.7.5-5
ii  python-astroid         1.0.1-1
ii  python-logilab-common  0.60.1-1

Versions of packages pylint recommends:
ii  python-tk  2.7.5-1

pylint suggests no packages.

-- no debconf information