From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Sebastian Luque Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: using apt-utils Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 14:06:25 -0500 Organization: Memorial University of Newfoundland Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <200408201406.25296.sluque@mun.ca> References: <200408201559.i7KFx97k076549@salador.ucs.mun.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1093028834 13056 80.91.224.253 (20 Aug 2004 19:07:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 19:07:14 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Aug 20 21:07:05 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1ByEjB-0002pG-00 for ; Fri, 20 Aug 2004 21:07:05 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1ByEnU-00053X-SY for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 20 Aug 2004 15:11:32 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1ByEnL-00053Q-Pt for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 20 Aug 2004 15:11:23 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1ByEnK-00053E-4k for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 20 Aug 2004 15:11:23 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1ByEnK-00053B-27 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 20 Aug 2004 15:11:22 -0400 Original-Received: from [142.161.130.102] (helo=mx-mtaout01.mts.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1ByEiU-0003Xu-FS for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 20 Aug 2004 15:06:22 -0400 Original-Received: from wnpgmb09dc1-94-8.dynamic.mts.net ([142.161.94.8]) by mx-mtaout01.mts.net with ESMTP id <20040820190614.CZXC4492.mx-mtaout01.mts.net@wnpgmb09dc1-94-8.dynamic.mts.net> for ; Fri, 20 Aug 2004 14:06:14 -0500 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org User-Agent: KMail/1.6.2 In-Reply-To: <200408201559.i7KFx97k076549@salador.ucs.mun.ca> Content-Disposition: inline X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:20187 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:20187 Dear List, I'm trying to use apt-utils (from emacs-goodies.el) to handle my packages. Going through the documentation, I tried: M-x apt-utils-show-package Emacs takes some time to do its job, and then gives me the error "Wrong type argument: symbolp, (quote t)" Any help would be greatly appreciated. Best, Sebastian Emacs 21.3.1 on Debian Linux