From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#18332: 24.3.93; Convenience is a malformed function when installing ELPA package Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2014 12:10:18 -0400 Message-ID: <5a61hfdyfp.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> References: <86ppfnoed8.fsf@somewhere.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1409069481 27915 80.91.229.3 (26 Aug 2014 16:11:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2014 16:11:21 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 18332@debbugs.gnu.org To: Fabrice Niessen Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Aug 26 18:11:16 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XMJKz-0004is-LX for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 26 Aug 2014 18:11:13 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:54504 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XMJKz-0002mA-3j for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 26 Aug 2014 12:11:13 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:48793) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XMJKq-0002lp-1u for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Aug 2014 12:11:09 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XMJKo-0000sR-QH for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Aug 2014 12:11:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:45723) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XMJKo-0000sL-MH for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Aug 2014 12:11:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1XMJKo-0000W2-7s for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Aug 2014 12:11:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Glenn Morris Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2014 16:11:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 18332 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: moreinfo Original-Received: via spool by 18332-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B18332.14090694231927 (code B ref 18332); Tue, 26 Aug 2014 16:11:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 18332) by debbugs.gnu.org; 26 Aug 2014 16:10:23 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:52666 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1XMJKA-0000V1-JT for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 26 Aug 2014 12:10:22 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([208.118.235.10]:33620 ident=Debian-exim) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1XMJK8-0000Ut-1T for 18332@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 26 Aug 2014 12:10:20 -0400 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XMJK6-00040R-MD; Tue, 26 Aug 2014 12:10:18 -0400 X-Spook: KGB class struggle terrorism keyhole mindwar FIPS140 X-Ran: FiV@H(gGE{2p~, (Fabrice Niessen's message of "Tue, 26 Aug 2014 10:16:03 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:92682 Archived-At: Fabrice Niessen wrote: > regarding the file `helm-R-pkg.el' whose contents is: > > --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- > (define-package "helm-R" "20120819.1714" "helm-sources and some utilities for GNU R." '((helm "20120517") (ess "20120509")) :url "https://github.com/myuhe/helm-R.el" :keywords ("convenience")) > --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- > > Adding a quote in front of the `keywords' list does solve the problem, IIUC the helm-R-pkg.el is malformed and so the same applies as the last time this was reported: Presumably re-running package-install or causing make to rebuild this file should fix the problem, but if it doesn't, give us some details. (It looks like that file is pretty old, since it has dates in 2012.) > but Stefan said it wasn't a problem in the thread > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-emacs/2014-02/msg00172.html. No, he said whether "nil" was quoted or not did not matter.