using apt-utils

using apt-utils

[Sebastian Luque]

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 <enter>

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

using apt-utils

[Sebastian Luque]

My apologies, apt-utils belongs to Debian.el, not emacs-goodies.el as I 
mentioned below.


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 <enter>

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

Re: using apt-utils

[Matt Hodges]

>>>>> Sebastian Luque writes:

 > 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 <enter>

 > Emacs takes some time to do its job, and then gives me the error
 > "Wrong type argument: symbolp, (quote t)"

Can you do M-x toggle-debug-on-error RET and send the backtrace for
the error? Also, what version of the debian-el package do you have
installed?

Thanks,

Matt

Re: using apt-utils

[Sebastian Luque]

On Fri, 20 August 2004 16:45 -0500, Matt Hodges wrote:
> Can you do M-x toggle-debug-on-error RET and send the backtrace for
> the error? Also, what version of the debian-el package do you have
> installed?

Hi,
Please find below the output of the debugger (sorry for the non-ASCII 
characters, I don't know how to translate them):

Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument symbolp (quote t))
  symbol-name((quote t))
  #[(elt) "Á !ÂB‡" [elt symbol-name nil] 2]((quote t))
  mapcar(#[(elt) "Á !ÂB‡" [elt symbol-name nil] 2] (python-tclink 
pipenightdreams snort-rules-default xmms-stats t38modem libgtkglext1-ruby 
trophy-data libapache-dbilogconfig-perl isdnutils-xtools drgenius bfbtester 
acl-alisp8 python-plplot nabi liblog-agent-logger-perl wmpuzzle tkx8\.2-doc 
python2\.2-numeric-ext popularity-contest lx-gdb libmedusa0 ldp-es-glup 
alsa-source-0\.4 imlib1 libpaperg libvorbisfile-ruby libodbcinstq1 
openoffice\.org-l10n-nl dict-freedict-spa-eng xracer-tools xfont-nexus 
sg3-utils alsa-source-0\.5 aspell-da kernel-source-2\.4\.17-ia64 
python-crypto libzorpll-dbg libgnome-mag1-dev cl-csv libhtml-clean-perl 
gpsim-lcd ghfaxviewer 3dwm-clock maria-doc kernel-doc-2\.4\.26-speakup 
k3b-i18n freefem3d openoffice\.org-l10n-nn muffin mii-diag ...))
  apt-utils-build-package-lists()
  apt-utils-check-package-lists()
  apt-utils-show-package()
* call-interactively(apt-utils-show-package)
  execute-extended-command(nil)
  call-interactively(execute-extended-command)

This is happenning with debian-el 24.6-1.

Thanks for your help,
Sebastian

Re: using apt-utils

[Sebastian Luque]

On Fri, 20 August 2004 17:25 -0500, Matt Hodges wrote:
> If you load the source file, this should produce a more readable
> backtrace:
>
>     (load-file (locate-library "apt-utils.el"))
>
> [...]


Thanks for tip, here's what I got:

Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument symbolp (quote t))
  symbol-name((quote t))
  (cons (symbol-name elt) nil)
  (lambda (elt) (cons (symbol-name elt) nil))((quote t))
  mapcar((lambda (elt) (cons (symbol-name elt) nil)) (python-tclink 
pipenightdreams snort-rules-default xmms-stats t38modem libgtkglext1-ruby 
trophy-data libapache-dbilogconfig-perl isdnutils-xtools drgenius bfbtester 
acl-alisp8 python-plplot nabi liblog-agent-logger-perl wmpuzzle tkx8\.2-doc 
python2\.2-numeric-ext popularity-contest lx-gdb libmedusa0 ldp-es-glup 
alsa-source-0\.4 imlib1 libpaperg libvorbisfile-ruby libodbcinstq1 
openoffice\.org-l10n-nl dict-freedict-spa-eng xracer-tools xfont-nexus 
sg3-utils alsa-source-0\.5 aspell-da kernel-source-2\.4\.17-ia64 
python-crypto libzorpll-dbg libgnome-mag1-dev cl-csv libhtml-clean-perl 
gpsim-lcd ghfaxviewer 3dwm-clock maria-doc kernel-doc-2\.4\.26-speakup 
k3b-i18n freefem3d openoffice\.org-l10n-nn muffin mii-diag ...))
  (setq apt-utils-package-list (mapcar (lambda ... ...) 
apt-utils-package-list))
  (progn (setq apt-utils-package-lists-built nil 
apt-utils-package-list-update-time nil apt-utils-automatic-update-asked nil) 
(message "Building Debian package lists...") (with-temp-buffer (insert "(setq 
apt-utils-package-list '(\n") (call-process apt-utils-apt-cache-program nil t 
nil "pkgnames" "-o" "APT::Cache::AllNames=0") (insert "))") (eval-buffer)) 
(with-temp-buffer (insert "(setq apt-utils-virtual-package-list '(\n") 
(call-process apt-utils-apt-cache-program nil t nil "pkgnames") (insert "))") 
(eval-buffer)) (setq apt-utils-virtual-package-list (set-difference 
apt-utils-virtual-package-list apt-utils-package-list)) (setq 
apt-utils-package-list (mapcar ... apt-utils-package-list)) (setq 
apt-utils-virtual-package-list (mapcar ... apt-utils-virtual-package-list)) 
(if (hash-table-p apt-utils-package-hashtable) (clrhash 
apt-utils-package-hashtable)) (setq apt-utils-package-hashtable 
(make-hash-table :test ...)) (mapcar (lambda ... ...) apt-utils-package-list) 
(mapcar (lambda ... ...) apt-utils-virtual-package-list) (message "Building 
Debian package lists...done.") (setq apt-utils-package-lists-built t 
apt-utils-package-list-update-time (nth 5 ...)))
  (unwind-protect (progn (setq apt-utils-package-lists-built nil 
apt-utils-package-list-update-time nil apt-utils-automatic-update-asked nil) 
(message "Building Debian package lists...") 
(with-temp-buffer ... ... ... ...) (with-temp-buffer ... ... ... ...) (setq 
apt-utils-virtual-package-list ...) (setq apt-utils-package-list ...) (setq 
apt-utils-virtual-package-list ...) (if ... ...) (setq 
apt-utils-package-hashtable ...) (mapcar ... apt-utils-package-list) 
(mapcar ... apt-utils-virtual-package-list) (message "Building Debian package 
lists...done.") (setq apt-utils-package-lists-built t 
apt-utils-package-list-update-time ...)) (unless 
apt-utils-package-lists-built (message "Building Debian package 
lists...interrupted.") (setq apt-utils-package-list nil 
apt-utils-virtual-package-list nil) (if ... ...)))
  (progn (unwind-protect 
(progn ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...) (unless 
apt-utils-package-lists-built ... ... ...)))
  (if (or force (null apt-utils-package-list)) (progn 
(unwind-protect ... ...)))
  (when (or force (null apt-utils-package-list)) (unwind-protect 
(progn ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...) (unless 
apt-utils-package-lists-built ... ... ...)))
  apt-utils-build-package-lists()
  (cond ((null apt-utils-package-lists-built) (apt-utils-build-package-lists)) 
((and ... apt-utils-automatic-update ...) (apt-utils-build-package-lists t)))
  apt-utils-check-package-lists()
  apt-utils-show-package()
* call-interactively(apt-utils-show-package)
  execute-extended-command(nil)
  call-interactively(execute-extended-command)


Thank you,
Sebastian

Re: using apt-utils

[Matt Hodges]

>>>>> Sebastian Luque writes:

 > Thanks for tip, here's what I got:
 > Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument symbolp (quote t))
 >   symbol-name((quote t))

Do you get the error with "emacs -q" and "emacs -q --no-site-file"?
What version of Emacs are you using?

Also, does the output of "apt-cache pkgnames" and "apt-cache pkgnames
-o APT::Cache::AllNames=0" look OK in a shell?

Thanks,

Matt

Re: using apt-utils

[Sebastian Luque]

On Fri, 20 August 2004 18:15 -0500, Matt Hodges wrote:
> Do you get the error with "emacs -q" and "emacs -q --no-site-file"?
> What version of Emacs are you using?

I get the same error with 'emacs -q', while with 'emacs -q --not-site-file' 
the command is not recognized at all. I'm running Emacs 21.3.1.

>
> Also, does the output of "apt-cache pkgnames" and "apt-cache pkgnames
> -o APT::Cache::AllNames=0" look OK in a shell?

Both seem OK, except for several lines of "...couldn't stat source package 
list..." at the end which I always get anyway, no matter what front-end to 
apt I use.

Cheers
Sebastian

Re: using apt-utils

[Matt Hodges]

>>>>> Sebastian Luque writes:

 > I get the same error with 'emacs -q', while with 'emacs -q
 > --not-site-file' the command is not recognized at all. I'm running
 > Emacs 21.3.1.

With --no-site-file, you will have to load apt-utils.el by hand.

 > Both seem OK, except for several lines of "...couldn't stat source
 > package list..." at the end which I always get anyway, no matter
 > what front-end to apt I use.

These are not benign in this context, and need to be discarded. Can
you test a fix for the version of apt-utils.el in testing which I've
posted at:

    <URL:http://www.tc.bham.ac.uk/~matt/emacs/apt-utils.el>

Thanks,

Matt

Re: using apt-utils

[Sebastian Luque]

On Sat, 21 August 2004 03:54 -0500, Matt Hodges wrote:

> With --no-site-file, you will have to load apt-utils.el by hand.

I still got the same error though  : (


> These are not benign in this context, and need to be discarded. Can
> you test a fix for the version of apt-utils.el in testing which I've
> posted at:
>
>     <URL:http://www.tc.bham.ac.uk/~matt/emacs/apt-utils.el>

Success! I loaded that version and it works OK (I only typed 
'apt-utils-show-package' 'emacs', and got sensible output), both with a 
simple 'emacs', or with the two options you suggested previously.

I'm very hesitant to modify my sources.list, so as to eliminate the 
"...couldn't stat source package list..." messages. I still need to learn 
much about apt to feel comfortable doing that. Any suggestions as to how to 
deal with this?

Thank you very much for such a great tool.

Sebastian

Re: using apt-utils

[Kai Grossjohann]

Sebastian Luque <sluque@mun.ca> writes:

> I'm very hesitant to modify my sources.list, so as to eliminate the 
> "...couldn't stat source package list..." messages. I still need to learn 
> much about apt to feel comfortable doing that. Any suggestions as to how to 
> deal with this?

You could try, from the shell, "apt-get update".  If that tells you
that it couldn't contact certain servers, then I suggest to comment
out the lines from sources.list.

After all, how should apt download packages from an unreachable
server?

Kai

Re: using apt-utils

[Matt Hodges]

>>>>> Sebastian Luque writes:

 > > These are not benign in this context, and need to be discarded.
 > > Can you test a fix for the version of apt-utils.el in testing
 > > which I've posted at:
 > >
 > >     <URL:http://www.tc.bham.ac.uk/~matt/emacs/apt-utils.el>

 > Success! I loaded that version and it works OK (I only typed
 > 'apt-utils-show-package' 'emacs', and got sensible output), both
 > with a simple 'emacs', or with the two options you suggested
 > previously.

Thanks for testing. I'll try to get these fixes into Debian ASAP.

Matt